Though epilepsy is commonone in every 200 has itthe disease is the subject of two popular fallacies: 1) epileptics are "backward," 2) nothing can be done for epilepsy. The facts: epilepsy is no bar to geniushistory's epileptics, according to present-day neurologists, include Caesar, Mohammed, Napoleon, Dostoevski; some 60 to 80% of epilepsy can be helped or cured by drugs (usually bromides, phenobarbital or dilantin sodium), surgery or change in living habits.
Last week a new drug, sponsored by Manhattan's Neurological Institute, joined the list: dl-glutamic acid hydrochloride. It is helpful only in...
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