Grand mal seizure (generalised tonic clonic seizure which lasts approx. 2 minutes)
 
Grand mal seizure (tonic phase)
1. tonic phase (stiffening of the body)		 Grand mal seizure (clonic phase)
2. clonic phase (the body jerks)		 grand mal seizure (post-convulsive phase)
post-convulsive phase (exhaustion)

from: Krämer, G. (ed.): Farbatlanten der Medizin, Bd. 6, Thieme 1989
 Deutsches Epilepsiemuseum Kork
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