A history of the study of epilepsy in French-speaking countries

A book written in French

A. Comte said "One can only understand a science if one is familiar with its history". And the history of the study of epilepsy is a special one because there is no other condition in which the disease's social consequences are more serious than the disease itself.

In this book, the authors detail how ideas have changed about the various aspects of epilepsy, by way of the history of medical knowledge about the condition (the identification of different syndromes), treatment modalities, and changing attitudes to the disease.

This work is not only a brilliant historical review but also a true treatise on epilepsy with distinguished contributions on symptomatology, the various different types of seizure, epileptic syndromes, etiologies, pathogenesis, comorbidities and treatment modalities.