Medicine: Epileptic's Education

When he was four years old, Eugene Z. of Wapakoneta, Ohio tumbled down the cellar stairs, banged his head, was knocked out for a few minutes. Two years later, he suddenly fell into an epileptic fit, had to leave school. After that, every day for 17 years, fits seized him as often as 18 times a day. While his nine brothers and sisters grew up, he clung to his mother, a man-size baby. Last October, in despair, his parents took him to Neurologist Howard Douglas John Fabing of Cincinnati.

Young Dr. Fabing found it...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!