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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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  • Cocks fighting. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Cocks fighting. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two blacksmiths. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two blacksmiths. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man batting. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A tiger prowling. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two elephants walking. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man scything. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man bowling. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A tiger walking. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
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