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Brain, Vol. 125, No. 2, 436-437, February 1, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

Book Review

LIMBIC SEIZURES IN CHILDREN

Dr Sheila Wallace

Llanvapley, Abergavenny, UK

LIMBIC SEIZURES IN CHILDREN.
By C. Munari, G. Avanzini, A. Beaumanoir and L. Mira.2001. Eastleigh: John Libbey.
Price £39. Pp. 258. ISBN 0-86196-595-7..

The concept of limbic seizures was introduced by Broca in the late 19th century, though Willis had already used the term ‘limbus’, a fringe or border, in an anatomical treatise 200 years earlier. In addition to being the borderland of Hell, Limbo, the ablative of the Latin ‘limbus’, is defined as any unsatisfactory place of consignment or oblivion; an uncertain or intermediate state; a prison. When considering limbic seizures, such descriptions seem apposite, not only in anatomical and functional terms, but also from the viewpoint of seizure semiology and particularly in relation to the possibility that very unpleasant subjective sensations may occur. The editors and their authors have undertaken a difficult task, and are to be commended for the production of a multi-faceted, well-referenced book, which follows a colloquium aimed at outlining . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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