If the husband sympathize, the condition will but be aggravated; medicinal measures will only increase, instead of diminishing, the number of symptoms; indifference will procure such an exhibition as will both prove its uselessness and ensure the attention craved.
CHAPTER XXVII
SUMMARY
To sum up: we have learnt that Epilepsy is a very ancient disease due to some instability of the brain, in which convulsions are a common but not invariable symptom.
Its actual cause is unknown. Heredity plays a big part, but there are secondary causes beside factors which excite attacks.
Various methods and drugs to prevent seizures have a limited use.
First-aid treatment consists solely in preventing the victim sustaining any injury.
Neurasthenia is a disease due to nerve-exhaustion and poisoning from overwork and worry. Its symptoms are many, but fatigue and irritability are the chief.