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epileptic attack



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According to three female authors axe murderer Lizzie Borden butchered her family because "her period coincided with an epileptic attack"

From The Guardian Jan. 6, 2020

During a grand mal epileptic attack the cortex is engulfed in hyper-synchronized spiking activity; that is to say, massive amounts of cations flow into cells and the patient quickly loses consciousness.

From Scientific American Jun. 17, 2015

I considered an epileptic attack, to gain time, and sympathy.

From The Guardian Jul. 31, 2012

The Ephemerides records a birth as having occurred during asphyxia, and also one during an epileptic attack.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

At this time I felt as though in a tremor from head to foot, and the thought that I was about to have an epileptic attack constantly recurred.

From A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography by Clifford Whittingham Beers




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