Stories
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The epilepsy diagnosis
Epilepsy exists between the mind and body, something that Aparna Nair experienced for herself when she was diagnosed as a teenager.
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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test
The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.
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The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.
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Caring for our Disabled daughter in lockdown
Jane Holmes talks about the challenges of caring for her Disabled daughter while working and trying to stay safe during the pandemic.
Catalogue
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West-end Hospital for Paralysis and Epilepsy, London: children in the hospital. Wood engraving after A. Forestier, 1883.
Forestier, A. (Amédée), 1854-1930.Date: 1883Reference: 25208i
- Books
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Seventeenth annual report, to December 31st, 1930 / Midland Nerve Hospital (Birmingham & Midland Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System, Paralysis and Epilepsy).
Birmingham & Midland Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System, Paralysis and Epilepsy.Date: [1931?]- Books
Report for the year ending December 31st, 1943 / National Hospital Queen Square for the Relief and Cure of Diseases of the Nervous System Including Paralysis and Epilepsy.
National Hospital, Queen Square.Date: [1944]
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Seventy-second annual report for the year ended 31st December, 1937 : with a list of contributers / The Hospital for Epilepsy & Paralysis and Other Diseases of the Nervous System.
Hospital for Epilepsy & Paralysis and Other Diseases of the Nervous System (Maida Vale, London, England)Date: 1938- Archives and manuscripts
Children with Epilepsy: 26-28 March 1976
Date: 1976Reference: SA/ILE/L/3/9Part of: Archive of the International League Against Epilepsy