<![CDATA[An anonymous Hippocratic writer rejected the idea that epilepsy was divine punishment.]]>An anonymous Hippocratic writer rejected the idea that epilepsy was divine punishment. He located its cause within the body and gave the brain a central role.

His argument also challenged sacred healers who claimed supernatural authority.

The physiology was not modern, but the principle was formidable: disease should be explained through nature rather than protected by mystery.

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