Charles Dickens and Epilepsy
- 1 July 1994
- Vol. 35 (4) , 903-905
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1994.tb02530.x
Abstract
Through some characters in his novels, Charles Dickens recorded observations on the nature of epileptic seizures, their causes and provocation, and their consequences. Three of his main characters, Monks, Guster, and Bradley Headstone, had seizures which Dickens realistically described.Keywords
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