The History of Motion Photography to Video Electroencephalography in the Study of Functional Seizures and Related Seizure Disorders: The First 100 Years

Before the modern development of video-electroencephalography (vEEG), there was a transitional period in history when our forefathers utilized photography to record seizure episodes. Charcot was the first to introduce photography in his study of epilepsy and related conditions. Charcot coined the term “hystero-epilepsy” to refer to a condition in which people with “acquired” neuroses symptoms resembling seizures [1]. He collaborated with photographer Londe to use images to capture hysteric seizure events.

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