Epilepsy, a case of twenty years' standing cured, with the treatment and remarks thereon / [John Epps].

  • Epps, John, 1805-1869
Date:
1834
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    it since, the case is certainly the wonder of every one.” —The patient has remained since up to this period Nov. 11, 1833, free from fits. He has had some returns of these vomitings and purgings, but not attended with the suffocating feel- ings : they were unattended also by the soreness of the muscles of the neck. All the friends agree in stating that not only has he been relieved in reference to his bodily powers but also in relation to his mental. Be can deliver a speech for half an hour at a time, without notes, and every one observes a greater connexion in his ideas and a greater power of expression than he has ever manifested before. Ideed, the cure is looked upon by the weak-minded as a miracle; by the weak-minded and pious as a wonderful instance of the blessing of God ; and by the intelligently religious as an instance of the power of those means pro- perly applied, which the Creator in his goodness has appointed for the benefit of man in healing his diseases* There are some practical conclusions connected with this case. First. That length of time in reference to epi- lepsy IS NO obstacle to the attempt at cure. I have no hesitation in undertaking any case of epilepsy, of whatever duration, if general fatuity is not present. When that is, we may conclude that the material orga- nization of the brain is injured. This conclusion, how- ever, 1 do not arrive at unless the fatuity is constant.