CAUSES OF EPILEPSY.
REVELATION BY ELECTRICITY. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Dav, 1.20 p.m.) MONTREAL, Dee. 2. Electrical brain waves that point the way to the causes of epilepsy arc* being studied at a new laboratory at McGill University, the only laboratory of its kind in the world. By moans of an electric peleograph the brain impulses are amplified many times and recorded, thus disclosing the parts of the brain that give rise to epilepsy. This provides a valuable guide to physicians prior to a surgical operation.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 46, 3 December 1938, Page 8
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