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. 1994 Jul-Aug;35(4):903-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1994.tb02530.x.

Charles Dickens and epilepsy

J E Cosnett  1
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Charles Dickens and epilepsy

J E Cosnett. Epilepsia. 1994 Jul-Aug.

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.

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