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Parasitic control, antenatal care key to control epilepsy

By Bernard Muthaka

One of the ways of identifying a witch, wrote a member of a religious group in the 15th century, was by the presence of seizures. Coming from such an authoritative figure, this declaration led to a wave of persecution and torture, which caused the deaths of thousands of people thought to be witches.

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