Abrahams' two-year-old son Charlie was in a critical condition, experiencing up to a hundred epileptic seizures a day and not responding to either drugs or brain surgery.
Understanding exactly how the combination of low blood glucose and high ketones prevents seizures has become the subject of intense research.
Over the years Homan Square has formed a backdrop for high-profile drug seizures, where Chicago officials or cops display cocaine, marijuana and guns taken off the street.
Overall, seizures of drugs from Mexico heading into the US remain much as they were before Guzmán's arrest.
They're able to infer human intentions by reading body language and odour, to the extent that they can smell oncoming seizures in epileptics and diabetics.
Meanwhile, doctors report rising levels of related health issues including heart attacks, kidney failure, seizures and mental health problems.
The first two are principles enshrined in the US constitution: in the fourth amendment that guarantees freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures; and in the structure of American government itself.
Both Hippocrates and Geyelin discovered that once fasting was over, the seizures invariably returned.
Epileptic seizures are brought on by abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
As his seizures got worse, we started hearing new words like "prognosis" and "life-threatening".
The DEA's 2014 National Threat Assessment notes a steady rise in heroin seizures on the US south-west border that reached 2,200kg 4,850lbb) in 2013 – more than four times the amount intercepted in 2008.
