On epilepsy : and the use of the viscus quercinus, or, misletoe [sic] of the oak, in the cure of that disease / by Henry Fraser.

  • Fraser, Henry.
Date:
1806
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Credit: On epilepsy : and the use of the viscus quercinus, or, misletoe [sic] of the oak, in the cure of that disease / by Henry Fraser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    nious friend, Mr. Astley Cooper, has fa- voured me with the following description of the dissection of the brain of a subject, who for many years laboured under a most virulent Epilepsy; and as this dissection was performed by himself, there can be no doubt of its accuracy. ' . r ' ‘ • i \ i : ’■* V i .v y J j ; ; ' i - Mr. George Johnson, of Jolm-street, Minories, requested me to accompany him to inspect the body of a gentleman who had died of Epilepsy at the age of 47 years. He had been the subject of the disease from two years of age, and every remedy which had been suggested to his parents, had been tried without affording him any relief. At first his fits occurred at the interval of a month, they then be- came more frequent, and towards the con- clusion of his life, they took place every third or fourth day. His mind, which