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Ep 112 Epilepsy: It’s always the phlegm

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Epilepsy and the Renaissance

During the Renaissance, scientific thought and medical writings of ancient physicians like Hippocrates and Avasenna began to experience a resurgence. This led to epilepsy being viewed and researched with more of a medical lens rather than solely with a moral one. Writers early on recognized that a seizure was often preceded by what they called and what we still call an aura,.

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