title: Charles Dickens and epilepsy.
abstract: Through some characters in his novels, Charles Dickens recorded observations on the nature of epileptic seizures, their causes and provocation, and their consequences. Three of his main characters, Monks, Guster, and Bradley Headstone, had seizures which Dickens realistically described.
authors.affiliation: University of Natal Medical School, Durban, South Africa.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cosnett
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D008513:Medicine in Literature