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The Functions of Brain and Muscle, considered in relation to Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

J. Thompson Dickson
J. Thompson Dickson*
Affiliation:
Lecturer on Mental Diseases at Guy's Hospital
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The object of this paper is to discuss some of the opinions which have recently been expressed as to the nature of Epilepsy; and in particular, the views of Dr. Hughlings Jackson, who regards the epileptic phenomenon as the result of a “discharge” from a damaged portion of the brain, which he speaks of as a “discharging lesion.”∗

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Part 1.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 19 , Issue 87 , October 1873 , pp. 374 - 385
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1873 
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