ADHD - An Illustrated historical overview

E mma Bradley was stricken with encephalitis at the age of seven. The disease left her with multiple disabilities, including epilepsy, mental retardation and cerebral palsy. This tragedy sparked the Bradleys to conduct a worldwide search for a cure or treatment for Emma‘s condition. As psychiatry and neurology were in their infancy, hospitals were solely for adults and pediatric services were not yet available, the Bradleys arranged around-the-clock medical care for Emma at their summer home in Pomfret, Connecticut. After eighteen years of treatment, Emma showed no improvement, and George and Helen began to accept their daughter‘s fate. Emma Bradley Emma Bradley. Courtesy of Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, East Providence, Rhode Island, USA.