Machado de Assis's own writings about his epilepsy: a brief clinical note.
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Machado de Assis's own writings about his epilepsy are here given. They come from his correspondence with his friend Mario de Alencar during the last 8 months of Machado de Assis's life. These are the only places where Machado de Assis dealt clearly with his epilepsy during his entire life.
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Machado de Assis's epilepsy.
Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered the most important Brazilian writer and a great universal literary figure. Little is know about his medical, personal and family history. He hid his "disease" as much as possible. Machado referred to "strange things" having happened to him in his childhood. He described seizures as "nervous phenomena", "absenses", "my illness". Laet observed a seizure ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
دوره 58 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000