Citation

Carod‐Artal FJ, Vázquez‐Cabrera CB. Epilepsia 2007; 48(5): 886-893.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01016.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Summary: Purpose: Epilepsy was a well-recognized disease in pre-Columbian cultures. However, anthropological studies about epilepsy in native cultures living at the present time are scarce. The objective of this paper was to study native perception and myths about epilepsy, their magic-religious healing rites and ceremonies, and the natural treatments that archaic cultures used.