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Pediatrics International
Volume 44 Issue 5 Page 551 - October 2002
Epilepsy
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| Review Article | ||
| Management of childhood diseases in
the Byzantine period: VII
Epilepsy |
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| Ioanna A Ramoutsaki, Helen
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| AbstractEpilepsy was referred to as a serious medical problem with poor outcome by the Byzantine physicians. For the treatment they suggested herbal or animal substances in many different forms, but they stressed the importance of a proper diet. In their efforts to elucidate the mechanisms involved in the onset as well as the course of the disease they were influenced by the Hippocratic tradition of juices. | ||
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