“Penosissima, y rigorosa enfermedad” (Most Troublesome and rigorous disease): An analysis of the first medical-moral treatise on epilepsy in Latin America
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Abstract
Introduction
The influence of the Enlightenment is evident with the mention of Herman Boerhave. The strong European influence draws attention with minimal expression of the social and medical concepts of pre-Colombian cultures such as the Aztec and Mayan.
Methods
A medical and cultural conceptual analysis of the text “Medical-moral report of the very painful, and rigorous disease of epilepsy” is carried out.
Results
The physicians of the Enlightenment managed to define epilepsy, classify its seizures, explain its causes and pathophysiology, as well as carry out a comprehensive approach. This biomedical concept complemented and coincided with theological explanations of epilepsy.
Conclusion
The Enlightenment was fundamental for a systematized development to explain epilepsy, which in some ways persists until today. The influence of the Aztec and Mayan cultures in this text is minimal.
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Epilepsy & Behavior is the fastest-growing international journal uniquely devoted to the rapid dissemination of the most current information available on the behavioral aspects of seizures and epilepsy.
Epilepsy & Behavior presents original peer-reviewed articles based on laboratory and clinical research. Topics are drawn from a variety of fields, including clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and neuroimaging.
From September 2012 Epilepsy & Behavior stopped accepting Case Reports for publication in the journal. From this date authors who submit to Epilepsy & Behavior will be offered a transfer or asked to resubmit their Case Reports to its new sister journal, Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports.
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