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Machado de Assis's own writings about his epilepsy: a brief clinical note
A H Chapman1, M Chapman-Santana
1Samur Hospital, Vitória da Conquista, BA, Brazil.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|December 6, 2000
Abstract:
Machado de Assis's own writings about his epilepsy are here given. They come from his correspondence with his friend Mario de Alencar during the last 8 months of Machado de Assis's life. These are the only places where Machado de Assis dealt clearly with his epilepsy during his entire life.