Vociferatio

Psychiatry, Neurology

Also known as: Shouting, Epileptic cry

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

This article defines the term vociferatio as an archaic psychiatric term for the shouting of agitated patients. It also notes its specific use to describe the loud, inarticulate cry that precedes an epileptic seizure in some patients.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

VOCIFERATIO (Latin: shouting), a term currently rarely used; old psychiatrists used it to refer to the shouting of agitated mentally ill patients; in a narrower sense, this word is sometimes used to denote a loud, inarticulate cry that precedes the onset of a seizure in some epileptics.

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“Vociferatio.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/vociferatio/