Transactions of the National Association for the Study of Epilepsy and the Care and Treatment of Epileptics at the first annual meeting held in Washington, D.C., May 14th and 15th, 1901 / edited by William Pryor Letchworth.

  • National Association for the Study of Epilespy and the Care and Treatment of Epileptics.
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1901
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Credit: Transactions of the National Association for the Study of Epilepsy and the Care and Treatment of Epileptics at the first annual meeting held in Washington, D.C., May 14th and 15th, 1901 / edited by William Pryor Letchworth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JAPAN. [Brief as it is, the information that comes to us from a country to which the attention of our people is attracted by the many novel features of its public institutions and social life, is interesting, especially so in view of the expectation awakened of obtaining further knowledge from the same source.—Editor.] Akasaka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. William Pryor Letchworth, LL. D., Dear Sir :—I was requested some time since by the United States Legation to write a statement for you concerning the care of epileptics in Japan. Having met but a few such cases in the course of some fifteen years practice here and not having had any special experience in the treatment of epileptics, I consulted Dr. Miura, Professor of Nervous Diseases in the Imperial University of Tokyo, who informed me that as yet no special means have been taken to care for these poor un- fortunates in homes or hospitals. I have since written Pro- fessor Miura asking him to let me have some written statement concerning the frequency of occurrence of epilepsy in Japan, as well as any observations he may have to make upon the advisability of State care of epileptics in Japan, forwarding your most valuable work on the “Care and Treatment of Epileptics” for the Professor’s perusal. When I shall have further information from Professor Miura, who is the fore- most neurologist in Japan, I shall be glad to send it to you. Yours sincerely,' (Signed) W. Norton Whitney.