who discovered epilepsy? and when? and how?

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Question by ph
Submitted on 1/7/2004
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who discovered epilepsy? and when? and how?

Answer by Lwilke5878
Submitted on 2/11/2004
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There is no know person, a person having a seizure was thought to be poesied or have demons or the devil in them. For hundreds of years people did not admit to having seizures out of fear of what the people would do to them.

Answer by skcbabay21
Submitted on 4/13/2004
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epilepsy can be discovered by sleep tests i suppose people long ago were accused of being possesd or being in control by the devil they did have some pretty dumb answers for some of there questions.! and now if u lookhard enough i suppose u will find a doctor or specialist who claims that they were the very ones to discover it.......

Answer by Allieyr14
Submitted on 5/13/2004
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for many years the origin of epilepsy was unknown. many felt that those who had seizures were possessed. in fact epilepsy was never "discovered" it was just known of. I figure whoever can be called the discoverer of seizures and epilepsy is the person who realized it was the results of a disease in the first place.

Answer by sofballchik70
Submitted on 5/31/2004
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Epilepsy and seizures have been around for hundreds of years, but no exact date can be pinpointed. Although, there are many historical things that show a relation to Epilepsy such as in the Ayurvedic literature of Charaka Samhita, which has been dated to 400B.C. and is the oldest existing description of the Ayurvedic medical system, epilepsy is described as "aspasmara" which means loss of consciousness. The Charaka Samhita contains abundant references to all aspects of epilepsy including symptomatology, etiology, diagnosis and treatment.

Answer by Bryanne Penner
Submitted on 12/2/2004
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Who knows who created it knowbody ever did know!

Answer by fattie
Submitted on 2/7/2005
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Epilepsy was discovered by Ben dover. Actually it was discovered by me. Just kidding, if it was discovered by anyone they wouldn't have been well known otherwise we would know...

Answer by Tony Paulie
Submitted on 2/7/2005
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Epilepsy is A weird disease. My roommate turns me on.

Answer by twitchygirl
Submitted on 2/17/2005
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Epilepsy has been with man since before recorded history. It was traditionally associated with the supernatural (gods and demons). Hippocrates was the first (in western civilization to write on epilepsy as a sickness (and not as a sign of possession or blessing) in his work, "On the Sacred Disease."

Answer by bubba
Submitted on 11/28/2005
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why are their desies and how do people get them

Answer by Jake The Snake
Submitted on 12/1/2005
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no one knows

Answer by abuffer
Submitted on 1/26/2006
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no one just is

Answer by Jennifer_a_h 42
Submitted on 2/3/2006
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Epilepsy was discovered in 1988. Epilepsy is the oldest know brain destroyer.

Answer by Ken Williamson
Submitted on 2/17/2006
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I think that epilepsy is a great disease. I have it and it makes my girlfriend happy when i shake my bon bon for her. Her name is Mandy. GO EPILEPTICS!!

Answer by crazy boy
Submitted on 8/23/2006
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i have epilepsy i discovered it i am 2000 years old come to la porchetta tonight at 7 til 10 and partay wif the french sluts

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Answer by outstanding opeboy
Submitted on 9/22/2006
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Epilepsy has been existing for centuries now without the origin.From the traditional point of view, it was said that epilepsy was from an animal named Lizard (Agama agama)of different species.This fact has not been scientifically proved.No causes has been proved yet but the signs and symptoms has be considered as fact. Moreover,it is not contagious neither is it hereditary.contact me for more details on just4ope@yahoo.co.uk.

Answer by doggy
Submitted on 10/30/2006
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umm i am pretty sure that the discoverer was mrs Caroline Styer

Answer by gobechin
Submitted on 11/29/2006
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chris jones is the one that found it

Answer by someone who has it
Submitted on 3/2/2007
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nobody really knows

Answer by Rose_2006_Marie
Submitted on 4/23/2007
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Epilepsy has been around for thousands of generations. Some people belived that those who had seizures were possessed by evil spirits of the underworld. While some belived that people who had seizures were being saved by god and returned to earth to do his biding.