2015-04-15 19:24
Alla Lukashou
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Gazeta.ru, referring to the publication of Neurological Sciences said: Having studied evidence on the health status of Julius Caesar, British scientists have concluded that the Roman emperor was not epileptic. Just in the time of Caesar, the Romans considered sacred gift and the disease is due to its appearance of “divine intervention».
Suffering seizures appointed priests, to treat them with awe and respect. The fact that many great personalities – Socrates , Plato , Empedocles , Pliny , Caligula – suffered from epilepsy, has created a theory about the election and the genius of all affected by this disease.
As for the disease Julius Caesar , then the symptoms of his attacks can be said that it was mini-strokes . Mini-strokes called transient ischemic attack lasting from a few seconds to several hours. It is a disease caused the depression, nightmares and personality changes commander, he suffered at the end of his life.
An important fact to establish the truth is the occurrence of the disease in adulthood, which is typical for the development mikkroinsulta. While epilepsy is manifested in humans in early childhood.
The researchers believe that the great commander disease is inherited father and great-grandfather Gaius Julius Caesar and suffered minor strokes, both of them died due to the disease.
It is known that there are other versions of Julius Caesar’s disease. There is a theory that the commander had a brain tumor – glioma or meningioma. Other hypotheses suggest that the great Roman suffered from neurosyphilis caused by sexually active, arteriosclerosis and even deafness in one ear. Some scientists and did express the view that the brain Caesar was struck larvae and eggs pork tapeworm.
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