Morgan H
Methodist Hospital, Lubbock, Texas.
Surg Neurol. 1990 Jun;33(6):413-6. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(90)90155-i.
The Russian writer Dostoevsky (1821-1881) suffered from a rare form of temporal lobe epilepsy termed "ecstatic epilepsy." Dostoevsky used his epileptic experiences to create Prince Myshkin, the protagonist of The Idiot. The recent case of a patient who experienced ecstatic epilepsy as a result of a temporal lobe brain tumor is presented and compared with that of Prince Myshkin. Reading Dostoevsky can give the contemporary physician an insight into the inner life of an epileptic patient--an example of how art can directly benefit medical practice.
俄国作家陀思妥耶夫斯基（1821 - 1881）患有一种罕见的颞叶癫痫，称为“狂喜性癫痫”。陀思妥耶夫斯基利用自己的癫痫经历塑造了《白痴》的主人公梅什金公爵。本文介绍了近期一例因颞叶脑肿瘤而患上狂喜性癫痫的患者病例，并将其与梅什金公爵的情况进行了比较。阅读陀思妥耶夫斯基的作品能让当代医生深入了解癫痫患者的内心世界——这是艺术如何能直接造福医学实践的一个例证。
