TY  - JOUR
T1  - EPilepsy.
Y1  - 1929/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1929.00130250155016
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 297
EP  - 297
VL  - 43
IS  - 2
N2  - This is a valuable and fascinating study of the factors involved in convulsions in general. The authors, who have done important investigative work in this field, also prove themselves equipped with a thorough grasp of old and recent research work in physiology, chemistry and pathology which has a bearing on this problem. While cautious in drawing conclusions and not at all ready to offer a solution to the riddle of epilepsy, they lay greater emphasis on chemical factors, such as alkalosis and "oxygen lack," and on disordered sympathetic nerve function and arterial spasm, than on the meager and inconstant information given by microscopic examination. Their reasoning leads them to discard the distinction between "idiopathic" and "symptomatic" epilepsy, as this implies a knowledge which we do not possess. However, they sound this hopeful note: "The encouraging feature is that, although the exact mechanism of seizures is unknown, much can be done
SN  - 0730-188X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1929.00130250155016
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1929.00130250155016
ER  -