the millions of people with epilepsy have no higher rates of violence than anyone else, and the majority of any such violence is unrelated to the disorder. Nonetheless, by the nineteenth century, there was a widespread public association of epilepsy with violence and criminality.[*7] Malleus maleficarum redux—people with this disease brought it on themselves with their moral failings and constitute a threat to society for which they must be held responsible.[5]
