A Social History of Epilepsy in the United States
FAIN: RH-20914-89
Indiana University (Bloomington, IN 47405-7000)
Ellen Dwyer (Project Director: October 1988 to May 1995)
To support a history of epilepsy in the United States from 1870 to 1950 that will analyze how an illness becomes socially defined and the effect of the definition on the patient and medical treatment.