Falling+sickness

  • 131epilepsy — (n.) 1570s, from M.Fr. epilepsie (16c.), from L.L. epilepsia, from Gk. epilepsia seizure, from epi upon (see EPI (Cf. epi )) + lepsis seizure, from leps , future stem of lambanein take hold of, grasp (see ANALEMMA (Cf …

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  • 132Bibliography — BOOKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS ◘ Bell, Rudolph M. (1985). Holy Anorexia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ◘ Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. (1988). Fasting Girls: The Emergence of Anorexia Nervosa as a Modern Disease. Cambridge, MA:… …

    Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

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