Download or read book The Falling Sickness written by Owsei Temkin and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owsei Temkin presents the history of epilepsy in Western civilization from ancient times to the beginnings of modern neurology. First published in 1945 and thoroughly revised in 1971, this classic work by one of the history of medicine's most eminent scholars now returns to print in a new softcover edition.