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By Howard I. Kushner. 303 pp. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1999. $29.95. ISBN 0-674-18022-4.

The topic of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, or Tourette's syndrome, continues to lure those who are fascinated by the exotic. Although tic disorders are common among children and even full-blown Tourette's syndrome is hardly rare, the bizarre and inexplicable coprolalic tirades of some affected patients focus attention on the disorder in a way that few other neurologic maladies can match. A Cursing Brain? examines the history of Tourette's syndrome with exceptionally interesting historical detail and reflection. Howard Kushner, professor of the history of medicine at San Diego State University, traces the history of the syndrome from before the time . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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