Medicine: Fits & Facts

The 600,000 epileptics in the U.S. have a better chance of leading normal life than ever before. Such is the optimistic opinion of two top-flight experts in epilepsy: Dr. Wilder Penfield, head of the Montreal Neurological Institute, and Dr. Theodore Charles Erickson of the University of Wisconsin. Last week they published the scientific reasons for this belief in an authoritative text on epilepsy (Epilepsy and Cerebral Localization; C. C. Thomas; $8).

Head to Toe. Although any one of many body disturbances can hasten epilepsy, its essential cause is some damage to the grey matter...

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!