Record

Reference Number	CN/2/17
Title	17th Lecture - Epileptic I.
Date	10 April 1906
Creator Name	Norman, Conolly, 1853-1908
Description	Typescript account of a lecture given by Norman on epileptic insanity. Norman presents three patients with epileptic insanity and converses with them at length. He links the frequency of fits to the 'destruction of the mind', and that 'the end of epilepsy from our point of view is dementia'. Norman also discuss the practice of creating communities for epileptics to live and work in, although this is not something he has ever seen in practice. A manuscript note gives the patients' names
Extent	12 pages
Term	Epilepsy
	Dementia
	Mental Disorders

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/1622	Norman; Conolly (1853-1908); psychiatrist	1853-1908

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