Who Discovered it?
Dr. John Hughlings Jackson, a British neurologist, discovered Epilepsy and how it affected the human brain. He found the main characteristics of Epilepsy that led him to discover this disorder. Dr. Jackson also found out that Epilepsy causes seizures and what the seizures do to the individual. He found that the nervous system of the human body has three main layers, the Spinal Cord, the Cortex and the Prefrontal area. Dr. Jackson died in October 7th, 1911.
What is the History of Epilepsy?
Epilepsy was known by the Ancient Greeks and the work epilepsy came from the Greek word epilambanem meaning to seize. A Greek physician named Hippocrates had told that the disease was in located in the brain causing the brain to have mixed and imbalance of humors. Epilepsy has also been mentioned in the Bible saying that it's been brought to a person by the devil or a supernatural event.