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Julius Caesar's Disease: A New Diagnosis

Julius Caesar’s Disease: A New Diagnosis

by Francesco Maria Galassi and Hutan Ashrafian

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It is generally accepted as a historical fact that Julius Caesar suffered from epilepsy, an illness which in classical times was sometimes associated with divinely bestowed genius. The ancient sources describe several episodes when, sometimes at critical junctures, one of the most famous military commanders in history was incapacitated by his illness. But does the evidence really fit with the diagnosis of epilepsy? And if it was not epilepsy, then what was it?

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It is generally accepted as a historical fact that Julius Caesar suffered from epilepsy, an illness which in classical times was sometimes associated with divinely bestowed genius. The ancient sources describe several episodes when, sometimes at critical junctures, one of the most famous military commanders in history was incapacitated by his illness. But does the evidence really fit with the diagnosis of epilepsy? And if it was not epilepsy, then what was it?
These are questions that doctors Francesco Galassi and Hutan Ashrafian seek to answer by applying modern medical knowledge to the symptoms and circumstances described by the contemporary historians and commentators of Caesar’s life (which include Caesar himself). The result is a fascinating piece of historical-pathological detective work that challenges received wisdom about one of the most famous men of all time.

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