Epilepsy Through History

Pencil-style illustrated timeline titled Epilepsy Through History, showing Mesopotamian records, Hippocrates, John Hughlings Jackson, Hans Berger and EEG, and modern epilepsy care.

Artwork by Stephanie Adams

This artwork traces changing ways people have understood epilepsy across time, moving from ancient records and early medical thinking through major developments in neurology, EEG and modern care.

It is an artistic visual timeline rather than a historical reference page. The people, periods and ideas shown are used to represent turning points in understanding, while the detailed historical evidence, context and sources are kept separately in the site’s researched history section.

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