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Hippocrates considered epilepsy a medical condition due to natural causes starting around 400 BC.

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Is it true that Hippocrates considered epilepsy a medical condition due to natural causes starting around 400 BC?

Yes. Historical and medical literature confirm that around 400 BC, Hippocrates and his associated texts rejected supernatural explanations for epilepsy, framing it instead as a medical condition with natural, bodily causes.

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Semantic Scholar peS2o: Overview of Epilepsy and It’s Management
Notes that Hippocrates explained epilepsy as a disorder of the brain.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: Overview of Epilepsy and It’s Management. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. https://www.ijfmr.com/papers/2023/6/9477.pdf

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PubMed / MEDLINE: PubMed: The understanding of epilepsy across three millennia.
States that from Hippocrates (c. 400 BC) onwards, epilepsy was considered a medical condition due to natural causes.
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PubMed / MEDLINE: PubMed: The understanding of epilepsy across three millennia.. (n.d.). PubMed / MEDLINE. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7586660/

Wikipedia: Wikipedia: On the Sacred Disease
Details the Hippocratic text 'On the Sacred Disease' from ~400 BC attributing epilepsy to natural causes.
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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: On the Sacred Disease. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Sacred_Disease

Wikisource: Wikisource: Life of Jesus (Renan)/Chapter 16
References Hippocrates's treatise from four centuries before Jesus establishing true medical principles for the sacred disease.
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Wikisource: Wikisource: Life of Jesus (Renan)/Chapter 16. (n.d.). Wikisource. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Life_of_Jesus_(Renan)/Chapter_16

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