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==History== Seizures have been recognized throughout recorded history. Early descriptions date back to ancient Mesopotamia around 2000 BCE, where seizures were often attributed to supernatural causes or demonic possession.<ref name="Ali2015">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ali R, Connolly ID, Feroze AH, Awad AJ, Choudhri OA, Grant GA |date=June 2016 |title=Epilepsy: A Disruptive Force in History |journal=World Neurosurgery |volume=90 |pages=685β690 |doi=10.1016/j.wneu.2015.11.060 |pmid=26709155}}</ref><ref name="Magiorkinis2009">{{cite journal |vauthors=Magiorkinis E, Sidiropoulou K, Diamantis A |date=January 2010 |title=Hallmarks in the history of epilepsy: epilepsy in antiquity |journal=Epilepsy & Behavior |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=103β108 |doi=10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.023 |pmid=19963440 |s2cid=26340115}}</ref> Similar beliefs persisted across ancient cultures, including in Egypt, India, and Greece.<ref name="Ali2015" /> In the 5th century BCE, the physician [[Hippocrates]] challenged supernatural explanations in his treatise ''[[On the Sacred Disease]]'', proposing that epilepsy was a disorder of the brain.<ref name="Ali2015" /> However, stigma surrounding seizures remained widespread for centuries.<!-- I will add more things to history, please wait. -->
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