Medical condition where body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly

An epileptic or sick person having a fit on a stretcher, two men try to restrain him. Ink drawing attributed to J.B. Jouvenet.

Members of the Jansenist sect having convulsions and spasms as a result of religious fanaticism. Engraving by B. Picart.

A naked woman sitting in a chair having convulsions. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Non-epileptic seizures in our experience : accounts of healthcare professionals / [edited by] Markus Reuber, Gregg H. Rawlings, and Steven C. Schachter.

1 film reel (5 min.) : sound, colour ; 16 mm

First Aid.

Contribution l'ude des convulsions et paralysies lis aux mingo-enchalites fronto-pariales / par Louis Landouzy.

2 film reels (12 min. each) : sound, colour ; 16 mm

It makes you look a fool.

In our words : personal accounts of living with non-epileptic seizures / [edtied by] Markus Reuber, Gregg Rawlings, Steven C. Schachter.

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Convulsions

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Non-epileptic seizures in our experience : accounts of healthcare professionals / [edited by] Markus Reuber, Gregg H. Rawlings, and Steven C. Schachter.

First Aid.

Contribution l'ude des convulsions et paralysies lis aux mingo-enchalites fronto-pariales / par Louis Landouzy.

It makes you look a fool.

In our words : personal accounts of living with non-epileptic seizures / [edtied by] Markus Reuber, Gregg Rawlings, Steven C. Schachter.

Convulsions

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Non-epileptic seizures in our experience : accounts of healthcare professionals / [edited by] Markus Reuber, Gregg H. Rawlings, and Steven C. Schachter.

First Aid.

Contribution l'ude des convulsions et paralysies lis aux mingo-enchalites fronto-pariales / par Louis Landouzy.

It makes you look a fool.

In our words : personal accounts of living with non-epileptic seizures / [edtied by] Markus Reuber, Gregg Rawlings, Steven C. Schachter.

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