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قراءة كتاب Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia: Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment
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Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia: Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment
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EPILEPSY, HYSTERIA,
AND NEURASTHENIA
THEIR CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, & TREATMENT
BY
ISAAC G. BRIGGS
A.R.S.I.
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1921
TO
ALBERT E. WOODRUFF
OF STOKE PRIOR
NR. BROMSGROVE
MY OLD
SCHOOLMASTER
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| PREFACE | ix | |
| I. | MAJOR AND MINOR EPILEPSY | 1 |
| II. | RARER TYPES OF EPILEPSY | 7 |
| III. | GENERAL REMARKS | 15 |
| IV. | CAUSES OF EPILEPSY | 20 |
| V. | PREVENTION OF ATTACKS | 25 |
| VI. | FIRST-AID TO VICTIMS | 28 |
| VII. | NEURASTHENIA | 30 |
| VIII. | HYSTERIA | 39 |
| IX. | ADVICE TO NEUROPATHS | 46 |
| X. | FIRST STEPS TOWARD HEALTH | 53 |
| XI. | DIGESTION | 56 |
| XII. | INDIGESTION | 60 |
| XIII. | DIETING | 63 |
| XIV. | CONSTIPATION | 67 |
| XV. | GENERAL HYGIENE | 71 |
| XVI. | SLEEPLESSNESS | 76 |
| XVII. | THE EFFECTS OF IMAGINATION | 79 |
| XVIII. | SUGGESTION TREATMENT | 82 |
| XIX. | MEDICINES | 86 |
| XX. | PATENT MEDICINES | 90 |
| XXI. | TRAINING THE NERVOUS CHILD | 98 |
| XXII. | DANGERS AT AND AFTER PUBERTY | 109 |
| XXIII. | WORK AND PLAY | 115 |
| XXIV. | HEREDITY | 118 |
| XXV. | CHARACTER | 123 |
| XXVI. | MARRIAGE | 131 |
| XXVII. | SUMMARY | 140 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 142 | |
| INDEX | 145 | |
PREFACE
I hope this book will meet a real need, for when one considers how prevalent epilepsy, hysteria and neurasthenia are, among all ranks and ages of both sexes, it seems remarkable some such popular book was not written long ago.
I add nothing to our knowledge of these ills,