1. 385L10

4. •Refutation of traditional claims about epilepsy (¶1-4)
•Refutation of traditional claims about epilepsy (¶1-4) *critique of “healers” -fraudulent -self-contradictory (divine disease/secular treatment) -impious -illogical (If A, then B. But ~B. Therefore ~A.)

5. • Establishment of natural etiology of epilepsy (¶5-21)
• Establishment of natural etiology of epilepsy (¶5-21) *epilepsy as hereditary *brain as seat of epilepsy *vascular anatomy and physiology: effects of phlegm *embryology *symptomatology: phlegm on heart, brain, throat, motor functions… *epilepsy in childhood *epilepsy in adulthood *environmental factors in epilepsy: climate, season, wind direction *epileptic premonition *encephalocentric theory *effects of phlegm vs. bile on brain *brain as seat of consciousness *therapeutic methods

6. Effects of Phlegm on Blood (cold vs. warm)
LOCATION
SYMPTOM
heart
palpitation
lungs
asthma, orthopnea
stomach
diarrhea
brain
loss of voice
choking ( passing stool)
foaming at the mouth
clenching of teeth
divergence of eyes
convulsive movement
loss of consciousness

7. Pneumatic System, Sacred Disease
(1) air (pneuma) inspired through mouth and nose  brain (consciousness)
(2) majority of pneuma  stomach
(refrigeratrion)
(3) lungs and vessels receive small
portion
(4) vessels communicate pneuma to body
(movement)

8. Physiology “Psychology”
PHLEGM (cold/wet)
BILE (hot/dry)
BLOOD (hot/wet)
depression
mania
terror
quiet
loud
passive
active
nausea
loss of memory
bloodshot eyes
facial redness

9. • logical rejection of magico-religious basis for epilepsy • identification of specific natural cause (phlegm) • identification of causal process • observational “proof” of natural cause and causal process • placement of cause and process within anatomical framework • categorization of susceptibilities for epilepsy (incl. “heredity”) • placement of human body within environmental context • identification of universal causal factors (hot/cold, wet/dry) • establishment of treatment based on manipulation of causal factors

10. COLD + WET