The history of motion photography to video electroencephalography in the study of functional seizures and related seizure disorders: The first 100 years.

Abstract

This historical note highlights pivotal events of technology progressing between the late 19th and the 20th century to capture functional seizures and other related seizure episodes. From Charcot's initial use of photography for his study of hysteria at the Salpêtrière to the development of cinematography by Muybridge and Marey to study motion to the initial use of video electroencephalography (vEEG) through a pairing of cinematography with EEG, and the advent of EEG telemetry to eventually the development of modern epilepsy monitoring unit through the adoption of cameras and an improved long-term monitoring vEEG system.