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"Can there be marriage and children"? This is one of the most urgent questions propounded by the epileptic and his relatives, and one of the most difficult to answer. Answers given by doctors differ radically. One will deny and the next will affirm the importance of heredity. In giving advice, many forget that the problem refers to a person possessed of not just one transmissible trait, but of many. A condition that argues against marriage and children may be neutralized, or even outweighed, by other conditions that favor marriage. These will be considered after the testimony of relatives has been reviewed. OPINIONS IN THE PAST For the most part, doctors and laymen alike have recognized a transmissible quality. Hippocrates called epilepsy a familial disease. Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy" states that the ancient Scots "instantly gelded" any man with falling sickness and if a woman "were found to be with child,
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: Jun 9, 1951
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