title: [Epileptology of Apuleius].
abstract: The AA. take into consideration the chapters of the "De magia" by Apuleius from Madaura, which bear the description of two clinical cases of morbus comitalis, and propose the theory of epilepsy, taken from the "Timaeus" by Plato. The AA. point to the exacitude in the observation of the phenomena and some interesting intuitions in the light of todays epileptology. It follows, amongst others, that epilepsy by intermittent photoic stimulation was already known in acient times and that the problem of the dominant hemisphere was already hunched at the clinical level.
mesh_terms: D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: L'epilettologia di Apuleio.