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
Storok also speaks of birth during unconsciousness in an epileptic attack; and Haen and others describe cases occurring during the coma attending apoplectic attacks.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
In some, this delirium of energy breaks out suddenly like an epileptic attack, which it resembles in its brevity and intensity.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
