 1907 - 1984 (77 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Livingston |
| Prefix |
Dr. |
| Born |
14 Jul 1907 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States |
| Physician |
- Ketogenic Diet: A Treatment for Pediatric Epilepsy SD V-02
On March 11, 1993, as Jim and Nancy Abrahams were pushing their son, Charlie, in a swing his head twitched and he threw his right arm in the air. Nine months later, after thousands of a variety of epileptic seizures, an incredible array of drugs, dozens of blood draws, eight hospitalizations, a mountain of EEG's, MRI's, CAT scans, and PET scan, one brain surgery, five pediatric neurologists in three cities, two homeopathists, one faith healer, and countless prayers, Charlie's' seizers were unchecked, his development "delayed," and he had a prognosis of continued seizures and "progressive retardation." Only then did the Abrahams contact Johns Hopkins Hospital and began to learn the information on this videotape. Among other things: If a first anti-epileptic medication fails, almost regardless of which one it might be, there is only a 10% - 15% chance a second medication will work, almost regardless of what that might be; In 1928 Dr. Samuel Livingston of johns Hopkins published the results of his study on the ketogenic diet. Of 304 patients treated with the diet, 43% had their seizures completely controlled and another 34% had their seizures markedly improved.; In recent decades, the ketogenic diet at Hopkins has stopped the seizures in 50% of the patients who have tried it and significantly reduced the seizures in another 25%. Charlie was taken to Hopkins where he started the diet, and since Christmas, 1993 (eight months at the release of this video) he has been seizure and drug fee.
Dr. Samuel Livingston
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus
Executive Director, Epilepsy Clinic
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
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| Died |
Aug 1984 |
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States [2] |
| Buried |
Washington Blvd |
| Notes |
- Ketogenic Diet: A Treatment for Pediatric Epilepsy SD V-02
On March 11, 1993, as Jim and Nancy Abrahams were pushing their son, Charlie, in a swing his head twitched and he threw his right arm in the air. Nine months later, after thousands of a variety of epileptic seizures, an incredible array of drugs, dozens of blood draws, eight hospitalizations, a mountain of EEG's, MRI's, CAT scans, and PET scan, one brain surgery, five pediatric neurologists in three cities, two homeopathists, one faith healer, and countless prayers, Charlie's' seizers were unchecked, his development "delayed," and he had a prognosis of continued seizures and "progressive retardation." Only then did the Abrahams contact Johns Hopkins Hospital and began to learn the information on this videotape. Among other things: If a first anti-epileptic medication fails, almost regardless of which one it might be, there is only a 10% - 15% chance a second medication will work, almost regardless of what that might be; In 1928 Dr. Samuel Livingston of johns Hopkins published the results of his study on the ketogenic diet. Of 304 patients treated with the diet, 43% had their seizures completely controlled and another 34% had their seizures markedly improved.; In recent decades, the ketogenic diet at Hopkins has stopped the seizures in 50% of the patients who have tried it and significantly reduced the seizures in another 25%. Charlie was taken to Hopkins where he started the diet, and since Christmas, 1993 (eight months at the release of this video) he has been seizure and drug fee.
Dr. Samuel Livingston
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus
Executive Director, Epilepsy Clinic
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
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| Person ID |
I1876 |
Himelfarb Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
5 Apr 2013 |
| Father |
Benjamin Nathaniel Livingston, b. 1886, Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States , d. 5 May 1944, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States (Age 58 years) |
| Mother |
Bertha Mogulevski, b. 1887, d. 10 Dec 1960, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 73 years) |
| Histories |
 | Benjamin Livingston 1930 Census
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 | Benjamin Livingston 1910 Census
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| Family ID |
F675 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ann Pruce, b. 12 Jun 1918, d. 4 Apr 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Age 94 years) |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
1 Mar 2024 |
| Family ID |
F703 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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