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The Idea of Epilepsy: a medical and social history of the modern era of epilepsy (1860-2020)
Simon ShorvonCambridge University PressPages: 760, i-xISBN 9781108842617 (Hardback)
Epilepsy has a fascinating history. To the medical historian Oswei Temkin it was ‘the paradigm of the suffering of both body and soul in disease’. It is justifiably considered a window on brain function. And yet its story is more than simply a...
On Books: The creative work of Susan Allix with a Catalogue Raisonné.
Simon Shorvon. Old School Press. 2023.
Pages 197 ISBN 978 1 899933 48 8
Susan Allix has been making Fine Press Artist’s books for fifty years and in this time has produced seventy-seven titles, as well as nine children’s books and special bindings for thirty-eight other books. A graduate of the Royal...
The Causes of Epilepsy: Common and Uncommon Causes in Adults and Children
Shorvon, S., Guerrini, R., Schachter, S., & Trinka, E. (Eds.).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019
Pages 989
ISBN: 978-1-108-42075-4 Hardback
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108355209
Description
The identification of the cause of an epileptic seizure is a key element in the clinical management of all patients. In recent decades, advances in theory, neuroimaging, molecular genetics and molecular chemistry have...
Queen Square: A history of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology
Simon Shorvon, Alastair Compston
Cambridge University Press, 2019
Pages: 561
ISBN: 978 1 107 10082 4 (Hardback)
Online ISBN: 781316181430
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316181430
Description
As the first neurological hospital in the world, founded in 1859, the National Hospital, Queen Square, and its affiliated Institute of Neurology remain leading neurological centres providing exceptional clinical services, teaching and...
500 Years of the Royal College of Physicians
Edited by Linda Luxon and Simon Shorvon with Julie Beckwith
Third Millennium Publications, March 2018
ISBN: 978 1 781259 11 5
Pages: 192
Illustrations: Over 400
Description
This large format hardback book narrates the history of the Royal College of Physicians, from its foundation and survival through a turbulent history to its position today as a...
Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook (2nd Edition)
Charles Clarke, Robin Howard, Martin Rossor, Simon Shorvon
Wiley Blackwell, 2016
ISBN: 978-1-118-48617-7
1096 pages
Description
Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook, second edition, is a fully revised and updated companion that demonstrates the rapid pace of advancement within clinical neurology and applied neurosciences
A comprehensive and practical overview of current developments within clinical neurology, synthesising clinical...
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