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The Neurological Emergence of Epilepsy
The National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic (1870-1895)
Buch von Vasia Lekka
Sprache: Englisch

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This book explores the emergence of epilepsy as a purely neurological disorder, in the second half of the nineteenth century. It focuses on the world¿s first neurological hospital, the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic in London, and on its leading figure, John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911). Through an analysis of the National Hospital¿s medical records and a historical account of the course of epilepsy until our time, this book presents the nineteenth-century turn towards the scientific study of the human brain and the various political, social, ideological and epistemological implications of this major change. In spite of the recent trend of describing the history of mental illness, mental patients and psychiatric institutions, so far, neurology, epilepsy and epileptic patients have largely remained outside the scope of social historians, historians of medicine and social scientists. This book has the ambition to fill that gap.
This book explores the emergence of epilepsy as a purely neurological disorder, in the second half of the nineteenth century. It focuses on the world¿s first neurological hospital, the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic in London, and on its leading figure, John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911). Through an analysis of the National Hospital¿s medical records and a historical account of the course of epilepsy until our time, this book presents the nineteenth-century turn towards the scientific study of the human brain and the various political, social, ideological and epistemological implications of this major change. In spite of the recent trend of describing the history of mental illness, mental patients and psychiatric institutions, so far, neurology, epilepsy and epileptic patients have largely remained outside the scope of social historians, historians of medicine and social scientists. This book has the ambition to fill that gap.
Über den Autor

Vasia Lekka was born in Athens, in 1981. Having graduated from the German School of Athens, she studied History at the department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2003). She continued her postgraduate studies in Cultural History (MA in Modern History - History & Culture) at the University of York, UK (2005). In 2009, she defended successfully her doctoral thesis at the department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The title of her thesis was "The medical foundation of modern epilepsy: the case of the NationalHospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic(1870-1895)". She did her research for the PhD as a fellow of the Marie Curie Fellowships. Building on the Past: European Doctorate in the SocialHistory of Europe and the Mediterranean(University College London, UK). From the academic year 2010-2011, she teaches asa teaching assistant the courses "History and Theory of Psychiatry" and "Introduction to the History of Medicine II", at the department of Philosophy and History of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In 2010, she worked as a researcher at the National Hellenic Research Foundation and in 2012, she worked as a researcher on behalf of the "John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation". She has participated in several Greek and international academic conferences and workshops. In November 2012, her book entitled History and Theory of Psychiatry. FromHippocratestoanti-psychiatryandMichelFoucault was published by "futura Publishing House". She has also published several articles in Greek and international academic journals and collective volumes. She speaks three languages fluently (English, German, French). Her main academic interests are focusing on the history of psychiatry,the social and cultural history of medicine, and epistemology.

Zusammenfassung

First historical account on National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic

Presents the nineteenth-century turn towards the neurological study of the human brain and the various political, social, ideological and epistemological implications of this major rupture

Focuses on epilepsy's emergence as a purely neurological disorder

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: "Bodies That Matter": Living in the Nineteenth Century.- Chapter 3: Unrolling the Archives' Thread: Epilepsy and Epileptics at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic.- Chapter 4: Discovering Epilepsy and Epileptics in Victorian London.- Chapter 5: Epilepsy in the Age of Neurology.- Chapter 6: Towards the Twenty-first Century. Chapter 7: Epilogue.- Appendix.- Bibliography.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 224
Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Inhalt: xiii
209 S.
12 s/w Illustr.
209 p. 12 illus.
ISBN-13: 9783319062921
ISBN-10: 3319062921
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 86330097
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Lekka, Vasia
Auflage: 2015
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Maße: 241 x 160 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Vasia Lekka
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.07.2014
Gewicht: 0,506 kg
preigu-id: 105308256
Über den Autor

Vasia Lekka was born in Athens, in 1981. Having graduated from the German School of Athens, she studied History at the department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2003). She continued her postgraduate studies in Cultural History (MA in Modern History - History & Culture) at the University of York, UK (2005). In 2009, she defended successfully her doctoral thesis at the department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The title of her thesis was "The medical foundation of modern epilepsy: the case of the NationalHospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic(1870-1895)". She did her research for the PhD as a fellow of the Marie Curie Fellowships. Building on the Past: European Doctorate in the SocialHistory of Europe and the Mediterranean(University College London, UK). From the academic year 2010-2011, she teaches asa teaching assistant the courses "History and Theory of Psychiatry" and "Introduction to the History of Medicine II", at the department of Philosophy and History of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In 2010, she worked as a researcher at the National Hellenic Research Foundation and in 2012, she worked as a researcher on behalf of the "John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation". She has participated in several Greek and international academic conferences and workshops. In November 2012, her book entitled History and Theory of Psychiatry. FromHippocratestoanti-psychiatryandMichelFoucault was published by "futura Publishing House". She has also published several articles in Greek and international academic journals and collective volumes. She speaks three languages fluently (English, German, French). Her main academic interests are focusing on the history of psychiatry,the social and cultural history of medicine, and epistemology.

Zusammenfassung

First historical account on National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic

Presents the nineteenth-century turn towards the neurological study of the human brain and the various political, social, ideological and epistemological implications of this major rupture

Focuses on epilepsy's emergence as a purely neurological disorder

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: "Bodies That Matter": Living in the Nineteenth Century.- Chapter 3: Unrolling the Archives' Thread: Epilepsy and Epileptics at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic.- Chapter 4: Discovering Epilepsy and Epileptics in Victorian London.- Chapter 5: Epilepsy in the Age of Neurology.- Chapter 6: Towards the Twenty-first Century. Chapter 7: Epilogue.- Appendix.- Bibliography.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 224
Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Inhalt: xiii
209 S.
12 s/w Illustr.
209 p. 12 illus.
ISBN-13: 9783319062921
ISBN-10: 3319062921
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 86330097
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Lekka, Vasia
Auflage: 2015
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Maße: 241 x 160 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Vasia Lekka
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.07.2014
Gewicht: 0,506 kg
preigu-id: 105308256
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