Author: Alstrom, Carl Henry
Title: A Study of Epilepsy in its Clinical, Social and Genetic Aspects
Description: Copenhagen, Ejnar Munksgaard, 1950. orig.wrappers. 24x16cm, 284 pp, Acta Psychiatrica et Neurologica, Supplementum 63.. Textual map,graphs & tables. Spine tears, corner bumps, inscribed by author on cover,Good+. ¶ A study of the clinical & social prognosis for 897 patients examined for epileptic symptoms at Caroline Institute, Stockholm during 1925-1940. Contents: Clinical Grouping & Prognosis; Social Factors; The Genetic Investigation; A Brief Survey of the Development of the Concept of Epilepsy; The Swedish Law Preventing Marriage of Epileptics. Issued b Laboratory nr. 2 for Human Genetics of the Psychiatric Clinic of the Caroline Institute, Stockholm.

Keywords: Epilepsy, Neurology, Psychiatry, Human genetics, Eugenic legislation, Sweden, , ,