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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...there no cure for epilepsy?" many have asked. No, none. Yet in Moscow last week a truly well-known physiologist, Professor Pavlof, froze part of a dog's brain. The dog developed epilepsy. In its veins Pavlof found a toxin which he believes to be the specific cause of the epileptic condition. He immunized a healthy beast by injecting it with the toxin. "If this works with humans," his assistant Dr. Speranski, told a concourse of physicians at Leningrad, "Pavlof has a cure for epilepsy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Epilepsy Cure? | 11/9/1925 | See Source »

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