Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / Epilepsy which has the longest known medical history of any disease
effects a large segment of our population. In the United States, there
are about a million persons affected with this connition which is characterized
by a seizure or fit. It has been said that about seventy five recent of this group can have seizures controlled by medication. However,
other studies have shown that with control of seizures, it does not follow
that the problems of this group are solved, The difficulties besetting
this chronically ill group seem at times to be almost insurmountable. Our
society, because of its fears and lack of knowledge about the illness, discriminates
against the epileptic in employment, education and other social
activities, There are even discriminatory laws relating to his employment,
marriage, and driving a car.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/23957 |
| Date | January 1955 |
| Creators | Rice, Virginia Elizabeth |
| Publisher | Boston University |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | Based on investigation of the BU Libraries' staff, this work is free of known copyright restrictions. |
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