Chapter I: Preface: ix

I. MAJOR AND MINOR EPILEPSY 1

II. RARER TYPES OF EPILEPSY 7

III. GENERAL REMARKS 15

IV. CAUSES OF EPILEPSY 20

V. PREVENTION OF ATTACKS 25

VI. FIRST-AID TO VICTIMS 28

VII. NEURASTHENIA 30

VIII. HYSTERIA 39

IX. ADVICE TO NEUROPATHS 46

X. FIRST STEPS TOWARD HEALTH 53

XI. DIGESTION 56

XII. INDIGESTION 60

XIII. DIETING 63

XIV. CONSTIPATION 67

XV. GENERAL HYGIENE 71

XVI. SLEEPLESSNESS 76

XVII. THE EFFECTS OF IMAGINATION 79

XVIII. SUGGESTION TREATMENT 82

XIX. MEDICINES 86

XX. PATENT MEDICINES 90

XXI. TRAINING THE NERVOUS CHILD 98

XXII. DANGERS AT AND AFTER PUBERTY 109

XXIII. WORK AND PLAY 115

XXIV. HEREDITY 118

XXV. CHARACTER 123

XXVI. MARRIAGE 131

XXVII. SUMMARY 140

BIBLIOGRAPHY 142

INDEX 145

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