Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

The treatment of epilepsy.

ALEXANDER, William (1844 – 1919) PubMedCentral

Edinburgh: Young J. Pentland, 1889.

Alexander was the first to attempt the treatment of epilepsy by surgical means. He removed the superior cervical sympathetic ganglia. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Facet Tags

Surgery & Anesthesia

Subjects

NEUROLOGY › Epilepsy NEUROSURGERY › Epilepsy

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#4861
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/5643
Author Bio Link	PubMedCentral ↗
External URL	the-treatment-of-epilepsy

Geographic Context

Publication place: Edinburgh