Alexander of Macedon, the greatest warrior of all times: did he have seizures?

2004/07/27 by John R. Hughes · 4 citations
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Psychology · #Ancient Near East History #Epilepsy #Falling (accident) #History #History of Medicine Studies #Medicine #Paleopathology and ancient diseases #Pediatrics #Psychiatry #Psychology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.06.002

published in Epilepsy & Behavior 5(5), 765-767 (Elsevier BV)

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Citations

• Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: did he have seizures? Psychogenic or epileptic or both?
• Did Alexander the Great Die of Acute Pancreatitis?
• Dictator Perpetuus: Julius Caesar—Did he have seizures? If so, what was the etiology?

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