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ACTA PSYCHIATRICA ET NEUROLOGICA Vol. 13. No. 44. 1938. Die psychiatrische Entwicklung in den nordischen Cardiazol Treatment at Home and Abroad. H. H. Landern. (Development of psychiatry in Scandi- Dedichen. 563. navia.) H. I. Schou, K. 1. Kalpa, and H. Soethre. Zur Beurteilung der Ergebnisse der Cardiazoltherapie. 339. (Assessment of results of cardiazol therapy.) B. Ober die Abgrenzung der Neurosen und ihre Jacobowsky. 569. Einteilung in Untergruppen mit besonderer Erfahrungen mit Insulinbehandlungen am Kranken- Berucksichtigung der Formen die den endogenen haus zu Pitkaniemi. (Experiences with Psychosen nahestehen. (The definition of the therapy in Pitkaniemi Hospital.) J. Runeberg. neuroses and their subdivisions, with special con- 571. sideration of types bordering on .) V. Cardiazol-Shock and Insulin-Shock-Treatment. Makela. 353. E. V. Jensen. 583. Zur Frage der psychopathischen Zustande, ihrer Vorlaufigen Erfahrungen mit Cardiazolbehandlung Abgrenzung, ihrer Relation zu den Neurosen und am Krankenhaus Lier. (Early experiences with Psychosen sowie einige kritischen Bemerkungen zu cardiazol therapy in Lier Hospital.) 0. Munch. den verschiedenen Typenlehren. (Psychopathic 587. states and their relation to the neuroses and Insulin- und Cardiazolbehandlung am Krankenhaus psychoses. Remarks on theories of type.) G. 0stmarken. (Insulin and cardiazol treatment at Langfeldt. 381. the 0stmark Hospital.) S. Munch. 589. Laboratory and Catamnestic Investigations into the Qber Resultate der Insulinschokbehandlung bei So-called Neuroses. H. 1. Schou. 383. Schizophrenie und " Schizophrenieahnlichen" Psy- Die Prinzipien einer causalen Diagnostik. (Etiology chosen. (Results of insulin shock therapy in in diagnosis.) H. Siobring. 399. and " schizophrenic-like " psy- Enzephalographische Befunde bei sog. " Psycho- choses.) A. Soininen. 591. neurosen." (Encephalographic findings in so- Die Geisteskranken-Gesetzgebung Finnlands. called " psychoneuroses.") V. Wigert. 401. (Lunacy law in Finland.) K. I. Kalpa. 619. Die traumatische Neurose und ihrer Abhangigkeit Ober anatomische Veranderungen bei der Pickschen vom Zeitgeist. (Traumatic neuroses and their Krankheit. (Anatomical findings in Pick's relation to current thought.) M. Kaila. 419. disease.) J. Jansen. 631. (bersicht uber die Patientenbelegung der Sicherung- The Function of Language and its Development in sanstalt fur geisteskranke Verbrecher in Nykobing Early Childhood. Partly supported by an in der Zeit von 1918 bis 1938 unter besonderer Examination of the Function of Language in a Berucksichtigung der Psychopathien. (Survey of Child Thirteen Months of Age. D. Abrahamsen. the patients confined to institutions for the mentally 649. diseased and criminal in Nykobing from 1918 to Le Phenomene " Deja Vu." (" Deja Vu " pheno- 1938, with special consideration of the psycho- menon.) H. Torp. 659. http://jnnp.bmj.com/ paths.) E. J. Lemmergaard and J. Ravn. 431. *Some Observations on the Plasmalipids in Acute The Electro-Encephalogram in Epilepsy. T. S. Frey. Schizophrenia. E. Jokivartio and T. Kalaja. 433. 667. Psychiatric Examinations of Certain Male Vagrants and Alcoholics in Sweden in the Year 1938. G. Eosinophils in Mental Disease.-An Adell. 447. A Psychiatric Examination of Female Prostitutes in eosinophilia was found in six semi- Sweden. G. Jonsson. 463. stuporous schizophrenics and five melan- Junge Ruckfallsverbrecher in Norwegischen Gefang- cholic patients, while eosinophilia from nisse, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Psycho- to pathieproblems in der Kriminologie. (Criminal 3 6 per cent. was noted in five manic relapses in the young in Norwegian prisons, with psychoses. After cardiazol convulsions the particular regard to psychopathic problems in eosinophil count either remained unchanged on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. criminology.) 0. Odegard. 477. Versuche uber die Behandlung sog. psycho- or showed a relative decrease. (L. C. K.) pathischer Zustande bei Kindern. (Treatment of Manic Depressive Psychosis in Iceland.- child psychopaths.) G. Nycander. 481. The manic *Neue Untersuchungen uber das Verhalten der depressive morbidity in the eosinofilen Zellen bei Psychosen. (New enquiry families of 23 manic patients did not exceed on the behaviour of eosinophil cells in the psy- the manic depressive morbidity of the choses.) F. Rud. 501. population of Iceland as a whole. This In welchen Umfange wird die Diagnosenstatistik der Psychiatrischen Klinike von den mannlichen population has mixed little with others for Alkoholikern beeinflusst ? (In what direction are the last thousand years. (L. C. K.) the diagnostic statistics of psychiatric clinics in- fluenced by male alcoholics ?) H. Soethre. 513. Plasmalipids in Schizophrenia.-The Zur Frage der Serumtoxitat bei Geisteskranken. ether-soluble phosphatids and cholesterol (Serum toxicity in mental disease.) E. G. Wahl- have been studied in 40 acute schizo- strom. 515. phrenics. The values for the were *Further Investigations on Manic-Depressive Psy- former choses. H. Tomasson. 517. lower than in healthy controls and remained Somatologische und Ernahrungshygienische Unter- unchanged by cardiazol or insulin therapy. suchungen an Anstaltspatienten. (Somatic and The cholesterol levels varied more than in nutritional examinations of institutional patients.) 0. J. Broch. 527. normals, but the mean average determina- Demonstrations of a Plan for a new mental hospital tion was the same as that of the controls. in Sundsvall, Sweden. P. Bjorck. 561. (L. C. 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260 CURRENT JOURNALS ALLGEMEINE ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHIATRIE UND IHRE GRENZGEBIETE Vol. 111. N4o. 1/2. March 1939. Die Stellung psychischer Erbleiden im neuen lung der Schizophrenie. (The result of insulin Ehegesetz. (Hereditary psychosis and the new shock treatment.) F. Kogler. 102. marriage law.) K. Beringer. 1. Neurosenverhutung in der allgemeinarzlichen Praxis. Statistische Untersuchungen uber die Spontan- (Prevention of neuroses in general practice.) W. remission. (Statistical observations on spon- Enke. 122. taneous recoveries in schizophrenia.) E. Neumann Psychiatrische Erfahrungen mit PP. 42b und 42c des and F. Finkenbrink. 17. Gesetzes gegen gefahrliche Gewohnheitsverbrecher und uber Massregeln der Sicherung und Besserung Alkoholismus und Selbsmord. (Alcoholism and vom November 1933. (Psychiatric experiences in suicide.) P. Graute. 47. connection with the law against habitual criminals.) Luminalwirkung und Cardiazolkrampf. (Effect of W. Creutz. 137. luminal on convulsions due to cardiazol.) A. Langeluddecke. 63. New Therapeutic Methods in Schizo- Photometrische Untersuchungen zur Liquor-Reaktion phrenia.-It is not possible to pass a von Lehmann-Facius. (Photometric investigations on Lehmann-Facius's test.) H. Selbach. 65. definite judgment on the value of insulin *Uber den Wert der neuen Behandlungsmethoden and cardiazol therapy unless the term der Schizophrenie. (The value of new therapeutic ",schizophrenia," which is still applied methods in schizophrenia.) W. Geller. 87. vaguely to many different psychotic pictures, Beitrag uber das Ergebnis der Insulinschockbehand- is defined. (K. S.)

Vol. 112. April 1939. Syphilis und Erbkrankheiten. (Syphilis and here- matischen) Delir. (The children of the union of a ditary diseases.) F. Jahnel. 1. schizophrenic with a genuine paranoic.) R. Begriffliche Untersuchung uber den Zwang. (The Formanek. 184. phenomenon of compulsion.) K. Schneider. 17. Mendelzahlen bei der Huntingtonschen Chorea. Personlichkeitsdiagnose nach Sjobring und ihre (Mendel's calculation applied to Huntington's Bedeutung fur die psychiatrische Erbforschung. chorea.) J. L. Entres. 195. (Diagnosis of personality according to Sjobring. Wesen, Bedeutung, Ergebnisse und Aufgaben der Its significance for research on heredity.) E. erbbiologischen Forschung an abnormen Person- Essen-M6ller. 25. lichkeiten. (Genetics of abnormal personalities.) Selbstmordversuche Jugendlicher. (Attempted H. Riedel. 200. suicide in young persons.) G. Schmidt. 32. Anlage und Umwelt in ihrer Bedeutung fur die Ober das Verhalten der Phosphatidfraktion im Verwahrlosung weiblicher Jugendlicher. (Pre- Liquor cerebrospinalis bei schizophrenen Prozess- disposition and environment of asocial girls.) H. psychosen. (Phosphatides in the c.s.f. in schizo- Schroeder. 224. phrenia.) F. Roeder. 44. Ober die erbliche Bedingtheit der Homosexualitiit Vergleichende Betrachtungen uber Anatomie und und die grundsatzliche Bedeutung der Inter- Klinik der Entmarkungsenzephalitiden. (Ana- sexualitatsforschung fur die menschliche Genetik. tomical and clinical observations on inflammatory (The genetics of homosexuality.) T. Lang. 237. diffuse sclerosis.) G. Peters. 51. Ober den Erbwert der leichtesten

Schwachsinnsgrade http://jnnp.bmj.com/ Zur Frage der pathologischen Anatomie der Schizo- und der blossen Schwachbegabung. (The here- phrenie. (Morbid anatomy of schizophrenia.) T. ditary significance of slightest degrees of feeble- Roeder-Kutsch. 63. mindedness.) A. Juda. 255. Erblehre und Rassenhygiene in ihren Beziehungen Die angeborene cerebrale Kinderlahmung (Littlesche zur Sozialokonomie und Philosophie. (The Krankheit). (Congenital Little's disease.) K. relation of heredity and eugenics to social econo- Thums. 262. mics and philosophy.) E. Peust. 75. Sind fruhkindliche Entwicklungsstorungen (ver- Zur Frage: Erbbiologie und Klinik. (Heredity and spatetes Laufen- und Sprechenlernen, Bettnassen) clinical science.) K. Ernst. 89. verwertbar fur die Abgrenzung des exogenen vom Sippenpsychiatrie. (Psychiatry of entire families.) endogenen Schwachsinn ? (Are functional dis- K. Pohlisch. 96. turbances of infants (eneurisis, etc.) symptoms Anmerkungen zu einer genetischen Ordnung der valuable for the distinction of exogenous and menschlichen Erbsyndrome. (The genetics of endogenous feeblemindedness ?) K. Hell 294. human hereditary syndromes.) F. Panse. 106. Klinische Beobachtung bei erworbenen Schwachsinn. on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Zum Begriff der Erbenlage und ihre quantitativen (Clinical observation in acquired feeblemindedness.) Stufung. (Hereditary predisposition occurring in E. Hecker. 298. quantitative differences.) K. Conrad. 126. Neuere Fragestellungen zur Erbpathologie der fiber Auslesemoglichkeiten beim Sammeln von progressiven Muskeldystrophie. (Genetics of pro- Zwillingsserien. (Methods of selection in the gressive muscular dystrophy.) E. Longo. 302. collection of twin material.) B. Schulz. 138. Zur Erbpathologie des neurotischen Hohlklump- Ober Begriff und Anwendbarkeit der Manifestation- fusses. (Genetics of neurogenic pes cavus.) A. swahrscheinlichkeit. (Probability of manifestation Idelberger. 313. and its practical application.) E. Slater. 148. Konkordantes Vorkommen von Dupuytrenscher Ausleseforschung an der Deutschen Forschungsans- Fingerkontraktur bei 3 Zwillingspaaren. (Simul- talt fur Psychiatrie in Munchen. (Research in taneous occurrence of Dupuytren's contracture in selection at Munich D.F.f.P.) H. E. Grobig. 153. three pairs of twins.) H. Then Bergh. 327. Zur Frage des Vorkommens X-gebundener Modifi- Die Landflucht der Begabten. (Migration from the kationen beim Menschen. (Occurrence of X- country into the town of the intelligent section of modifications in man.) K. Idelberger. 160. the population.) C. Brugger. 337. Zur Bedeutung und Methode der Anthropologie bei Gedanken zur praktischen Erb- und Rassenpflege. erbbiologischen Untersuchungen in schizophrenien (Practical eugenics.) C-H. Rodenberg. 349. Sippen. (The significance of anthropology in the Erfahrungen uber den Nachweis der Schizophrenie genetics of schizophrenia.) A. Harrasser. 168. im Erbgesundheitsgerichtsverfahren. (Evidence of Erbbiologische Untersuchungen uber depressive schizophrenia in the forensic certificate for steriliza- Psychosen des Ruckbildungsalters. (The genetics tion.) F. Ast. 360. of involutional melancholia.) K. Brockhausen. Fragen der Erbbegutachtung bei den atypischen 179. Psychosen. (The hereditary certificate in atypical Ober ein Kreuzungsergebnis bei konjugalem Auf- psychoses.) K. Leonhard. 391. treten von Schizophrenie und reinem (sympto- Die Unfruchtbarmachung bei Alkoholismus. Eine J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

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kritische OJbersicht. (Sterilization of alcoholics.) Irreseins. (Shock treatment of manic-depressive K. Kolle. 397. psychosis.) E. Kuppers. 436. Bekampfung der Sittlichkeitsverbrechen mit arzlichen Nachuntersuchungen bei 76 mit Insulin oder Mitteln. (Restriction of sexual crimes by medical Cardiazol behandelten Schizophrenen. (Examina- methods.) H. Linden. 405. tion of 76 schizophrenic patients previously treated with insulin or cardiazol.) A. Frohn. 446. Die gerichtsarztliche Bedeutung des angeborenen Die Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Rassenhygiene seit Schwachsinns. (Medico-legal significance of con- der Machtubernahme. (The German Society for genital feeblemindedness.) A. Lokay. 424. Racial Hygiene since the National Socialist Die Schockbehandlung des manisch-depressiven Revolution.) W. Bohn. 463.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY Vol. 95. rNo. 4. January 1939. *The Pharmacological Shock Treatment of Schizo- recovered, 20 6 per cent. were much im- phrenia. J. R. Ross. 769. Use of Metrazol in the Functional Psychoses. C. R. proved, and 26 per cent. showed improve- Reed, L. Steinberg, E. Liebert, and 1. Finkelheim. ment; of the control series 3 5 per cent. 781. recovered, 11 2 per cent. were much im- The Insulin Treatment for Schizophrenic Patients. S. Katzenelbogen, H. Harms, R. Williams, S. proved, and 7 4 per cent. improved. Barkoff, M. W. Brody, and M. Hayman. 793. Although the recovery rate from insulin Insulin Hypoglycxmia Treatment of Schizophrenia. treatment depends on the previous duration E. 0. Nives, S. Weisz, and T. H. Harris. 799. Experience with the Camphor Metrazol Treatment of of the illness the authors found that in a Schizophrenia at the Buffalo City Hospital, group of 195 cases of more than six years' Buffalo, New York. A. L. C. Ulrich. 807. duration treated with insulin 4 6 per cent. Shock Therapy in Schizophrenia. C. W. Miller. 808. recovered, 11-3 per cent. were much im- Experience with the Pharmacological Shock Treat- proved, and 25 6 per cent. were improved. ment of Schizophrenia. G. H. Williams, G. H. 523 cases were treated with metrazol, of Williams, Jr., H. M. Kingsbury, and D. E. Bixby. 811. these 4 4 per cent. recovered, 9 8 per cent. Correlation of Insulin Shock and Convulsive States were much improved, and 32-1 per cent. Irrelative to Symptoms and Site of Greatest were improved. Disturbance in the . S. Ingham, J. H. Nielsen, and K. 0. von Hagen. 819. Analogies and Opposites in Schizophrenia *Analogies and Opposites in Schizophrenia and and Epilepsy.-This paper represents an Epilepsy. H. H. Jasper, C. P. Fitzpatrick, and attempt to evaluate the electro-encephalo- P. Solomon. 835. The Paucity of Arthritis among Psychotic Cases. gram in morbid conditions by a statistical C. Gregg. 853. study of the frequency with which various Opportunities of Southern Psychiatry. G. P. rhythms of brain potential occur. It is Sprague. 859. Psychiatric Services in General Hospitals. T. J. stated that 23 per cent. of 82 patients Heldt. 865. diagnosed as schizophrenic showed either a Recommendations for Program in clinical or electro - encephalographic

Hawaii. F. G. Ebaugh. 873. http://jnnp.bmj.com/ Narcotics Control by Law in the United States. evidence of epileptiform disturbance. J. E. Hughes. 881. Twelve of the patients showed clinical The Korsakoff Psychosis in Spontaneous Subarach- symptoms of epilepsy and six had definite noid Hemorrhage. S. Tarachow. 887. Constitutional Differences between Deteriorated and clinical convulsions. In view of the Non-Deteriorated Patients with Epilepsy. H. A. difficulty of reconciling such an incidence Paskind and M. Brown. 901. of epilepsy in schizophrenia with the The Psychiatric Patient's Family. E. E. McNeil. 901. general experience of it is *The Result of 18 Months of Benzedrine Sulfate obviously necessary that some further Therapy in Psychiatry. E. Davidoff and E. C. clinical details should be given as to the Reifenstein. 945. Cases of Acute Manic type of case that Jasper and his associates Fatal Depressive Psychosis. on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. C. P. Larson. 971. were studying. Pharmacological Shock Treatment of Benzedrine Sulphate Therapy in Psy- Schizophrenia.-This study is based on chiatry.-During a period of 18 months 1,356 insulin-treated and 523 metrazol- benzedrine sulphate was administered to treated cases. To be classified as recovered 145 patients. The drug appeared to be of cases had to be completely free from some service in cases of psychoses of toxic symptoms. The insulin-treated cases were and infectious origin. Among the non- compared with a control group of 1,039 psychotic cases it was of considerable value dementia prncox first admission cases. Of in narcolepsy, acute alcoholism, and post- the insulin-treated cases 14 2 per cent. encephalitic Parkinsonism.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Vol. 52. 1No. 2 April 1939. The Formulation and Elaboration of Thought- The Psychology of Social Culture. H. W. Wright. Problems. C. Chrisof. 161. 210. A Functional and Dynasomatic Study of Emoving. " Subjective " Colors from Line-Patterns. M. B. R. M. Lindner and M. Bentley. 186. Erb and K. M. Dallenbach. 227. J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

262 CURRENT JOURNALS The Spectral Location of Psychologically Unique Differential Effects of Curare.-In Yellow, Green, and Blue. F. L. Dimmick and dogs M. R. Hubbard. 242. curare elevates the cortical excitation time The Influence of Past Experience upon Perceptual required to produce a minimal response of Properties. K. Duncker. 255. the semi-tendinosus muscle, while the same *Differential Effects of Curare upon Higher and Lower Levels of the Central Nervous System. E. response, initiated at the ventral root, shows Culler, D. J. Coakley, P. S. Shurrager, and H. W. no sign of depression. The lower level of Ades. 266. the depression remains uncertain, but it may Measuring the Steadiness of Manual Movement. H. Gurnee. 274. be recalled that the curarized animal is An Inexpensive Device for Measuring Rotational capable of conditioning. (W. M. H.) Speed. C. P. Seitz and H. B. Shapiro. 276.

ANNALES MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGIQUES Vol. 96. Part 2. No. 4. November 1938. Sur un Cas de Mythomanie Hysterique. (A case of La Gaucherie. Les Troubles Fonctionnels d'Origine hysterical mythomania.) G. Marinesco and M. Psychogenique chez les Gauchers Contraries. Nicolesco. 497. (Left-handedness. Psychogenic difficulties on cor- Le Reveil des Anesthesies. (Post-anesthetic awaken- rection.) V Kovarsky. 545. ing.) G. Deshaies. 519.

Vol. 96. Part 2. No. 5. December 1938. L'Assistance aux Alienes chez les Arabes du viiie au Trois Dementes Precoces a Forme Paranoide. xiie Siecle. Contribution a l'Histoire de l'Assist- (Disturbances of written and spoken language in ance aux Alienes. (Relief to Arabs from the eighth three cases of dementia precox of paranoid type.) to the twelfth century. Contribution to the A. Latapie and J. Leclerc. 710. history of insane care.) M. Desruelles and H. Sur le Signe du Capuchon " dans la Demence Bersot. 689. Precoce. (Capuchon's sign in dementia praecox.) Troubles du Langage Parle et du Langage tcrit chez A. Brochado. 720.

Vol. 97. Part 1. No. 1. January 1939. Introduction it l''tude de la Psychiatrie chez les diminished power of attention, Noirs. (Introduction to the study of psychiatry euphoria, in black races.) H. Aubin. 1. loss of emotional response, and ego- Psychoses de Civilisation. (The psychoses of centricity. The clinical picture was domi- civilization.) A. Donnadieu. 30. nated by a loss of the power *Destruction Traumatique Bilaterale des Lobes of mental

Prefrontaux. Etude du Syndrome Clinique. synthesis. Memories of recent events were http://jnnp.bmj.com/ (Traumatic bilateral destruction of the prefrontal present, but were not integrated with older lobes. Study of the clinical syndrome.) H. Boanville, J. Ley, and J. Titeca. 38. recollections. However, the patient had for many years exhibited psychotic symptoms Bilateral Traumatic Destruction of Pre- with a history of pathological excitement frontal Lobes.-In a man of 37 there was and fugues.

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Vol. 109. 1No. 2. January 1939. *Gehirnbefunde bei experimenteller akuter Phosphor- Ober die Beeinflussung des Liquordruckes durch vergiftung. (Lesions in the brain after acute Kurzwellenbesendung des Kopfes. (The in- experimental poisoning with phosphorus.) Takeya- fluence of short-wave irradiation of the head on Sik6. 113. c.s.f. pressure.) 0. Schiersmann. 195. *Gehirndurchblutungsversuche bei experimentell Seltenere Zellveranderungen bei Dementia senilis. hervorgerufenen Krampfen. (The cerebral circu- (Rare cell changes in senile dementia.) H. lation in experimentally produced convulsions.) Csermely. 206. K. v. Santha. 128. Ober Psychosen bei Chorea minor. (Psychoses Ein Fall von Balkenblutung. (Beitrag zur Frage des associated with chorea minor.) R. Lemke. 211. Verlaufes der Armfasern im Centrum semiovale.) (Jber ein occipitales Syndrom bei Eklampsie. (A case of hmemorrhage in the corpus callosum. (Occipital syndrome in eclampsia.) F. Kulcsar Contribution to the problem of the course of fibres and A. Szatmari. 218. which supply the arm.) K. v. Santha. 139. Uber Cholin im Liquor cerebrospinalis und seine *Ergebnisse vergleichender pathologisch-anato- pathologische Bedeutung. (The pathological sig- mischer Untersuchungen des Gehirns unter nificance of choline in the c.s.f.) K. Yuhki. 235. besonderer Berucksichtigung der Altersveran- Ortliche Unterschiede hirnbioelektrischer Erschein- derungen. (Comparative pathological investiga- ungen von kranken Menschen bei Ableitung durch tion of the brain with special consideration of the die Kopfschwarte. (Local electroencephalographic changes in old age.) W. Muller. 147. differences in human disease, as recorded from the t)ber die Frage der experimentellen Epilepsiediagnose. skull.) R. Janzen and A. E. Kornmuller. 247. (Experimental diagnosis of epilepsy.) V. Pagnan. Traumatische Thalamuslasion mit Hemianasthesie 182. und schwerer psychischer Veranderung. (Trau- J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

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matic lesion in the with hemianLesthesia very marked in the contralateral motor and severe mental change.) K. Leonhard. 264. Ober pseudotabische und pseudoparalytische Bilder cortex and the basal ganglia. (G. L.) bei der Kommotionspsychose. (Pseudotabes and pseudoparesis in psychosis caused by head injury.) Comparative Pathological Studies in Old P. Eichler. 282. Age.-In the brains of 20 persons aged 85 Acute Phosphorus Poisoning.-H1 mor- to 90 years senile plaques were a constant rhages, severe nerve-cell changes, small finding. No plaques were found in old areas of necrosis (of a possibly vascular animals (40 dogs, 13 cats, and 6 horses), pathogenesis) were constant findings, while whereas increase of lipoid, calcification, fatty degeneration was not seen. (A. M.) etc., appeared to correspond to similar Cerebral Circulation in Convulsions.- findings in the human brain. The differ- The author uses Gibbs' thermoelectric ences of argentophilia are not necessarily of method, and inserts the needle into the an essential nature, since the absolute age various regions of the brain. He then in- of the brain might be of importance. A duces convulsions by electric stimulation. case of tuberosclerosis aged 33 years with He finds an increased blood flow. In numerous senile plaques is of special unilateral convulsions the increase was interest. (A. M.)

Vol. 109. Nos. 3 anid 4. February 1939. Meningoencephalitis bei Morbus Bang. (Meningo- of the orbital region of the frontal lobe.) P. Duus. encephalitis in Bang's disease.) M. Kessler and 596. W. Muller. 347. Alzheimersche Krankheit mit Pickscher Atrophie der Midbrain Centres after Cerebellar Stirnlappen. (Alzheimer's disease with Pick's atrophy of the frontal lobe.) M. Liebers. 363. Atrophy.-In a case of crossed cerebellar *Das Verhalten der grossen Kerne im Mittelhirn bei atrophy secondary to a porencephalic cyst, gekreuzter Kleinhirnatrophie. (Midbrain centres a moderate atrophy was recorded in the in a case of crossed cerebellar atrophy.) A. Bonkalo. 371. parvocellular part of the ipsilateral red Die Quantitat und die Qualitat des Gedankens und nucleus and the contralateral superior die interhemispharischen Beziehungen. (Quanti- cerebellar peduncle. There was also an tative and qualitative aspect of thinking and the interaction of the cerebral hemispheres.) C. Ceni. extreme degree of atrophy in the ipsilateral 379. substantia nigra in both the melanin con- Weiterer Beitrag zur Lehre von der pupillotonischen taining and the reticular zone. (A. M.) (Adie) und pituitaren (Oppenheim-Cushing) Pseudotabes. (Further investigation on pupillo- Pathophysiology of Periodic Catatonic tonic (Adie) and hypophyseal (Oppenheim- States.-In this study the author adds a Cushing) pseudotabes.) F. Kehrer. 387. Die spastisch vegetative und vasomotorische Neurose. new type to his previous descriptions. In (Spastic vegetative and vasomotor neurosis.) K. these cases, of whom two are described in Zucker. 417. detail, the nitrogen balance is negative for Beobachtungen uber Augenbewegungen im Cardiazol- krampf. (Ocular movements in convulsions weeks before the onset of the active phase or which produced by cardiazol.) W. Birkmayer. 512. (i.e. stupor excitement), during http://jnnp.bmj.com/ *Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pathophysiologie perio- nitrogen is retained. By treatment with disch katatoner Zustande. IV. Versuch einer Ausgleichung der Funktionsstorungen. (Contri- thyroxin and/or thyrotropic hormone butions to the pathophysiology of periodic followed by thyroid substance the recur- catatonic states. IV. Attempt at restoring the rence of the attacks could be prevented or disordered functions.) R. Gjessing. 525. Cber psychische Storungen bei Tumoren des Orbital- at least their periodicity fundamentally hirns. (Mental changes associated with tumours altered. (S. L.)

DE BUCAREST ARCHIVES DE NEUROLOGIE on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Vol. 3. No. 1. 1939. l'Histoire de la Medicine en Roumanie. (The plegia.) D. Paulian, I. Bistriceanu, and C. history of medicine in Roumania.) V. Gomoiu. Fortunescu. 68. 3. Anemie et Choree Aigue. (Anaemia and chorea.) Tumeurs Encephalo-Medullaires. (Encephalo- D. Paulian, M. Cardas, and M. Chiliman. 71. medullary tumours.) D. Paulian, I. Bistriceanu, Contributions a l'ttude de la Physiologie du Systeme and V. Ionescu. 16. Ventriculo-Subarachnoidien par la Methode Gliomes Cerebraux a Evolution Atypique. (Atypical d'Insuflation d'Air par la Voie Lombaire. (Study cerebral gliomas.) J. Levy-Valensi, S. de Seze, of the physiology of the cerebrospinal fluid system J. Cuel, and Inbona. 38. by the method of lumbar encephalography.) D. *Les Limites du Tabes. (The borderline of tabes.) Paulian, M. Cardas, and M. Chiliman. 73. L. Rimbaud. 45. L'Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie de la Medicine Tabes.-An analysis, and relative im- de l'Universite Joseph Pilsudski a Varsovie (Origine of the more et ttat Actuel). (The Institute for the History and portance diagnostically, Philosophy of medicine of the Joseph Pilsudski frequent signs of tabes dorsalis. (W. K. S.) University at Varsovie.) L. Zembrzuski. 59. Autonomic Imbalance in Hemiplegia.- Contribution a l'ttude du Corps Jaune et de ses in blood pressure, Indications. (Contribution to the study of corpus Differences sweating, luteum in therapy.) D. Paulian and E. Copcea. dermographia, and pilomotor response were 65. observed between the normal and abnormal *Les Asymetries de la Tension Arterielle et des in flaccid and spastic hemiplegias. Differents Reflexes Neuro-Vegetatifs au Cours des sides both Hemiplegies. (Autonomic imbalance in hemi- (W. K. S.) J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

264 CURRENT JOURNALS ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY Vol. 41. No. 1. January 1939. *Somnolence Caused by Hypothalamic Lesions in the 2 or 3 years were much better than those Monkey. S. W. Ranson. 1. had Genesis of Microglia in the Human Brain. J. with patients whose convulsions Kershman. 24. occurred over a longer period. The The Hematoencephalic Barrier. L. S. King. 51. pathological lesions ranged from simple *Epileptogenic Cortical Scars: Results of Surgical Removal. W. J. German. 73. degeneration of cells through Studies in Mongolism. 1. Growth and Physical degeneration with glial proliferations to Development. C. E. Benda. 83. dense glial or fibrous scars. (R. M. S.) *Cerebral Arteriosclerosis: Signs and Symptoms from Compression and Erosion of Parenchymatous Tissue. N. W. Winkelman. 98. Cerebral Arteriosclerosis.-The author *Cerebral Circulation. 1. Reaction of Pial Arteries shows that sclerotic blood vessels not to Epinephrine by Direct Application and by associated with aneurysmal swelling may at Intravenous Injection. M. Fog. 109. Congenital Morphologic Abnormalities of the Brain times so press on and actually excavate the in a Case of Abortive Tuberous Sclerosis: Func- adjacent parenchymatous brain tissue that tional Implications and Bearing on Pathogenesis clinical features are produced resembling of So-Called Genuine Epilepsy. P. I. Yakovlev. 119. those of focal lesions. (R. M. S.) Special Articles. Cerebral Circulation (I).-When epine- Meningiomas of the Brain. G. Horrax. 140. phrine is applied locally to the surface of the brain, with care to avoid thermal or Somnolence caused by Hypothalamic mechanical irritation of the walls of the Lesions.-Ranson's experiments on mon- vessels, the larger arteries ofthe pia constrict keys point to the lateral hypothalamic area slightly, but the arterioles show no change as the region whose bilateral destruction in calibre. When epinephrine is given leads to somnolence. Under normal con- intravenously and the arterial pressure is ditions the downward hypothalamic " drive" kept constant by artificial means, the same plays a large part in maintaining the waking vascular reactions occur. Thus the sym- state and its elimination is responsible for pathetic vasoconstrictor innervation of the the somnolence. (R. M. S.) pia in the parietal region not only is feeble Epileptogenic Cortical Scars.-Analyses but is confined to the larger vessels. A of 29 cases, after intervals of from 1 to definite rise in blood pressure from epine- 81 years following cerebral surgical pro- phrine or other cause, on the other hand, cedures for treatment of epilepsy, revealed will constrict both the large and the small satisfactory results in 19 cases, in 10 of vessels, the larger arteries usually showing which there was complete relief from con- brief preliminary dilatation if the rise is vulsions and in 9 definite improvement. sudden and great. This reaction is There were nine failures and one death. " passive " in character, i.e. a mechanical

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Vol.41. 4o. 2 February 1939. *Variation in Vascularity and Oxidase Content in Equina: A Diagnostic Aid. H. D. Fabing. Different Regions of the Brain of the Cat. A. C. P. 373. Campbell. 223. Ketonemia in Cases of Mental Disorders. J. W. Studies in Mongolism. II. The Thyroid Gland. Thompson and J. H. Aste-Salazar. 375. C. E. Benda. 243. *Cerebral Circulation. LI. Reaction of Pial Arteries Vascularity and Oxidase Content of to Increase in Blood Pressure. M. Fog. 260. on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Body Build in Schizophrenia, with Special Regard to Brain.-The vascularity of a series of Age. H. Gray and J. G. Ayres. 269. regions in the cat's brain, including the *Connections of the Pulvinar. J. W. Papez. Syncope, Convulsions, and the Unconscious State: basal ganglia, parietal neocortex, archi- Relation to the Hyperactive Carotid Sinus Reflex. cortex, and cerebellar cortex has been L. J. Robinson. 290. measured. The archicortex generally is of Progressive Confusional Syndrome accompanying Injuries of the Cervical Portion of the . low vascularity ; the least vascular area of T. J. Putnam. 298. all those examined is the lamina radiata of Therapeutic Use of Curare and Erythyroidine Hydro- the hippocampus. In the basal ganglia the chloride for Spastic and Dystonic States. M. S. Burman. 307. globus pallidus is of very low vascularity ; Lymphomatoid Diseases involving the Spinal the lateral geniculate body is the most highly Epidural Space a Pathologic and Therapeutic vascular area of those examined. In the Consideration. J. Browder and J. A. de Veer. 328. parietal neocortex lamine III and IV are Thomas Willis on Narcolepsy. W. G. Lennox. the most vascular; the other lamine are of 348. The cere- Sudden "Brain Death " in Schizophrenia with approximately equal vascularity. Extensive Lesions in the Cerebral Cortex. N. bellar cortex has a range of vascularity Malamud and D. A. Boyd. 352. approximately the same as that of the Hemiballismus: A Clinicopathologic Study. F. P. Moersch and J. W. Kernohan. 365. parietal neocortex, the granular layer being Progressive Fall in Protein Content of Cerebrospinal the more vascular. The oxidase content Fluid withdrawn above a Tumor of the Cauda in general shows a positive correlation with J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

CURRENT JOURNALS 265 the degree of vascularity. It is tentatively regulation persists immediately after bi- suggested that a negative correlation may lateral section of the cervical portion of the be explained by local variations in the rate sympathetic trunk and bilateral section of of blood flow in the capillary bed. all the vasosensory nerves from the aorta (R. M. S.) and carotid sinus. The mechanism by Cerebral Circulation (H).-Rises in which the tonus of these vessels is regulated arterial pressure, whether produced by is not yet established. (R. M. S.) epinephrine, by stimulation of the splanch- nic nerves, or by compression of the aorta Connections of the Pulvinar.-A case of may all provoke a constriction of the pial long-standing aphasia and dementia is arterioles. Sometimes no change in calibre reported in which the right temporal lobe occurs. This indicates that in these cases had been largely destroyed. The medial also an increase in tonus of the walls of the and lateral geniculate bodies were reduced vessels has taken place. Without such on the same side, in correspondence with active change in the walls the sudden rise loss of the acoustic and optic radiations. in pressure would cause passive dilatation. The right tectum opticum was partly It is found that the arterioles constrict more demyelinated. A large part of the parieto- markedly to a rise in pressure if the initial pontile tract was degenerated. The out- blood pressure is moderately low (from standing defect was total absence of the 60 to 90 mm. of mercury). Yet the calibre right pulvinar, and of fibres between of the vessels is never reduced much below the pulvinar and the medial nucleus of the that observed during a normal level of thalamus. This case and two similar cases pressure. A large, sudden rise in pressure suggest that there is an extensive trans- may overcome the power of the artery to thalamic connection between the posterior constrict and cause passive dilatation. This association cortex and the frontal polar is the rule when the initial blood pressure cortex through the medium of the pulvinar is below 50 mm. of mercury. This tonic and the medial nucleus. (R. M. S.)

Vol. 41. tNo. 3. March 1939. Gliomas of the Pons: Clinical and Pathologic Case Reports. Characteristics. B. J. Alpers and J. C. Yaskin. Tuberous Sclerosis: Relief of Epileptic Symptoms 435. by Radiation Therapy. A. B. Friedman. 565. Pathologic Picture of Thujone and Monobromated Analysis of the Thinking Disorder in a Case of Schizo- Camphor Convulsions: Comparison with Patho- phrenia. E. Hanfmann. 568. logic Picture of Human Epilepsy. L. Opper. Bilateral Frontal Lobectomy: Follow-Up Report of 460. a Case. R. M. Brickner. 580. *" Silver Cells " and " Spirochete-like " Formations A Sign of Facial Palsy. T. Wartenberg. 586. in and Other Diseases of the Central Nervous System. G. B. Hassin and I. B. " Diamond. 471. Silver Cells " in Multiple Sclerosis.- Quantitative of Silver granules may be found in the tissues Absorption Phenolsulfonphthalein http://jnnp.bmj.com/ from Subarachnoid Space. W. J. Gardner and not only in multiple sclerosis but in subacute W. A. Nosik. 484. combined degeneration of the Return of Cognitive Conscious Functions after cord, Convulsions induced with Metrazol. L. H. Cohen. Friedreich's ataxia, myelomalacia, cerebral 489. carcinoma, and other conditions in which *Ligation of the Left Anterior Cerebral Artery: its degeneration is an essential feature. Hazards and Means of Avoidance of its Complica- tions. J. L. Poppen. 495. Steiner's views that silver granules or cells Action of Metrazol (Pentamethylenetetrazol) on the are derived from spirochietes cannot be Hypothalamus of the Cat. J. H. Masserman and substantiated. E. W. Haertig. 504. (R. M. S.) Cardiac Activity during Epileptic Seizures. T. C. Ligation of Cerebral Artery.-There are Erickson. 511. occasions when ligation of the left anterior on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Electroencephalography in Clinical Neurology: its Value in Routine Diagnosis. D. Williams and cerebral artery may be necessary, as in F. A. Gibbs. 519. extensive resection of the left frontal lobe. Neurogenic Tumors arising from the Sacrum. A. W. Experience shows that unless steps are taken Adson, F. P. Moersch, and J. W. Kernohan. 535. Localized Nonsuppurative Encephalitis adjacent to a to maintain the blood pressure within Focus of Infection in the Skull. M. Atkinson. normal limits ligation may be followed by 556. permanent unconsciousness. (R. M. S.)

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Vol. 19. Ncos. 1--6. July-December 1938. *Comentarios sobre los actuales Conocimientos astroglia and microglia according to the method of Anatomofuncionales del Cuerpo Geniculado Hortega derived from Golgi.) R. Carrillo. 99. Externo del Hombre. (Functions of the external Complicaciones Nerviosas de la Bronquiectasia. geniculate body in man.) M. Balado. 5. (Nervous complications of bronchiectasis.) J. Lesiones Traumaticas de la Medula (Relato). Hanon. 115. (Traumatic lesions of the medulla.) 0. Luque and R. P. Morcillo. 42. Aspectos Morfol6gicos de la Astroglia, Microglia Functions of External Geniculate Body.- con el Metodo Cromoargentico de Hortega, The author reviews the literature on the derivado de Golgi. (Morphological aspects of anatomy of the external geniculate body and J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

266 CURRENT JOURNALS shows microphotographs of selective de- incongruous hemianopia ; and he suggests generative processes. He discusses the that 4a receives impulses from the homo- evidence for cortical macular representa- lateral eye and that 4c receives those from tion, and supports the view that this repre- the contralateral eye. The author supports sentation extends over the whole of the the view that the giant cells of the ventral visual cortex rather than at the tip of the portion of the external geniculate body send occipital lobe, as maintained by Holmes fibres concerned with the light reflex to the et al. He also gives evidence against bi- anterior quadrigeminal bodies by way of lateral macular representation by way of the posterior commissure. In conclusion a the corpus callosum. He reports one case plea is made for more complete quantitative of metastatic lesion of the striate visual perimetric examination. (W. W.) cortex involving only area 4a, causing an Vol. 20. Ncos. 1-2. January-February 1939. *Hidatidosis Raquidea. (Spinal hydatidosis.) 0. of the Luque and C. B. Caraffa. 12. cord without any characteristic Edema de Papila. Patogenia. ((Edema of the differentiation from other causes of com- papilla.) E. Adrogue and J. Tettamanti. 36. pression, either radiologically (including Anomalias Humanas y Filogenia de las Arterias Encefalicas Basales. (Developmental anomalies lipiodal injection intrathecally) or clinically. of the basal arteries of the brain.) F. Vidal. 67. The Wimberg-Gedini and Cassone re- actions, as well as the allegedly diagnostic Spinal Hydatidosis.-The authors present eosinophilia, were negative in seven of the eight cases of hydatid cysts of the cord, all eight cases. Contrary to the findings of confirmed by operation or post-mortem most authors, the cysts were both intra- and examination. In these cases the presenting extradural, without radiologically visible symptoms were those of simple compression infiltration into the vertebrxe. (W. W.) Vol. 20. Nos. 3 and 4. March-April 1939. Tumores Metastasicos Cerebrales. Estudio Anato- moclinico sobre veinte Observaciones. (Cerebral by Cushing should be reclassified into two metastatic tumours.) R. S. Romay. 89. distinct groups: (a) isomorphous glio- *Neuroblastomatosis Leptomeningea. Dos Obser- blastomas and (b) neuroblastomas. They vaciones AnAtomoclinicas. (Meningeal neuro- review two cases of neuroblastoma, giving blastomatosis.) R. Carrillo and M. Oribe. 172. the macroscopic and microscopic character- istics, emphasizing the fact that the finding Meningeal Neuroblastomas.-Using silver of nerve fibres, no matter how undifferen- impregnation methods the authors feel that tiated, is pathognomonic of neuroblastomas. the group designated as medulloblastomas (W. W.)

B]RAIN http://jnnp.bmj.com/ Vol. 62. N4o. 1. March 1939. *The Cerebellum of Man. G. Holmes. 1. *Some Observations on the Nature of Vibratory Trigeminal Nerve.-The previous work Sensibility. H. W. Newman, Doupe, and R. W. has been initially discussed. Three well- Wilkins. 31. J. documented cases with lesions *The Systemization and Central Connections of the involving Spinal Tract and Nucleus of the Trigeminal Nerve. the intramedullary pathways and nuclei of G. E. Smyth. 41. the spinal tract of the trigeminal nerve A Chemical Study on Fluids obtained from Cerebral have been used to establish the morphology Cysts: Report on Fifty-Six Cases. K. Stem. 88. Spastic Dysphonia (" Inspiratory Speech "). M. of these structures in man. The nerve is on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Critchley. 96. represented centrally in terms of the *The Clinical Recognition of Pick's Disease: Report peripheral divisions and not by concentric ofThree Cases. L. Benedek and T. Lehoczky. 104. zones converging in the snout. There is Cerebellum in Man.-The Hughling's no dorsal quintothalamic tract, but the Jackson Memorial Lecture for 1938 con- true quintothalamic tract is entirely crossed tains a detailed review of the results of and ascends with the internal fillet, ap- lesions of the cerebellum in man, with their proaching the spinothalamic tract alone. clinical signs and physiological interpreta- Temperature and superficial and deep pain tions. (D. J. W.) sensations are confined to the spinal tract of Vibratory Sensibility.-A variable-- the trigeminal nerve, which carries no other frequency oscillator with a range of 30- sensory fibres, and pain is most caudally 15,000 cycles per second was used for represented in the nucleus. (D. J. W.) human experiments, the results of which Pick's Disease.-Three cases of Pick's were elaborated by investigation of a cat's disease are reported, the cerebral changes cutaneous nerve. It was found that being demonstrated clinically by encephalo- appreciation of vibratory sensation is graphy, angiography, and by brain punc- probably dependent on receptors in the ture. The classification is discussed and skin and receptors of movement in deeper it is concluded that the clinical syndrome structures. (D. J. W.) alone is sufficient for diagnosis. (D. J. W.) J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

CURRENT JOURNALS 267 BULLETIN OF THE NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK Vol. 7. No. 3. December 1938. Cerebral Activity including Conscious Sensation as *Nocturnal Epilepsy in Patients with Brain Tumour. Physicochemical Process with Evidence to indicate J. D. Spillane. 328. that many Vital Processes can be expressed in Simple Mathematical Relations. C. A. Elsberg. 212. C.S.F. Potassium in Neurological Dis- An Aspect of the Physiology of Intellect, illustrated orders.-The potassium content of the by Jacksonian Seizures. R. M. Brickner. 245. c.s.f. in 94 cases in a neurological clinic Mental Disorders in Association with Epileptic varied from 11 2 to 14 6 mgm. per 100 ml. Seizures in Two Patients with Tumours of the This is within normal limits. It showed no Brain. L. M. Davidoff. 260. specific alteration in Granulomatous Encephalomyelitis due to a Proto- neurological diseases, zoan (Toxoplasma or Encephalitozoon). II. nor was it related to the abnormal levels of Identification of a Case from the Literature. A. protein encountered. (D. J. W.) Wolf and D. Cowen. 266. Nocturnal and Brain Tumour.- Transitory Neurological Changes during Hyper- Epilepsy thermia. R. T. Collins. 291. Epileptic fits did not occur at all in 59 cases *Cerebrospinal Fluid Potassium in Neurological with infratentorial tumours, but were found Disorders. W. M. Honeyman and R. L. Zwemer. in 44 per cent. of 448 cases with supra- 297. tentorial tumours. The fits were almost The Occurrence of Dissociated Disturbances of Pallesthesia and Kinesthesia. R. W. Laidlaw, wholly diurnal, and a nocturnal attack, M. A. Hamilton, and R. M. Brickner. 303. when it occurred, was usually the first Apraxia and Aphasia. S. Brock. 321. symptom and was not repeated. (D. J. W.)

L'ENCEPHALE Vol. 34 (1). Nqo. 1 January 1939. Remarques Critiques sur la Theorie Mecaniste de Parkinsonisme et tpilepsie. (Parkinsonism and lI cho de la Pensee. (Criticism of the mechanistic epilepsy.) C. I. Urechia. 42. theory of thought echo.) H. Claude and C. Anorexie Mentale. Guerison. Influence Incon- Durand. 1. testable des Extraits de Lobe Anterieur d'Hypo- Les tpisodes Confusionnels au Cours de P'lvolution physe. (. Recovery. Efficacy de la Psychose Maniaco-Depressive. (Confusional of anterior pituitary extracts.) Coulonjou and episodes during the evolution of manic-depressive Hecaen. 46. psychosis.) P. A. Chatagnon and A. Soulairac. 20. Sub-Frontal Tumour with Affective Symp- *Tumeur Sous-Frontale Bilaterale a Symtomatologie toms.-A case of meningioma with com- Affective. ttude Psychologique apres Ablation pression and softening of both frontal de la Tumeur et des Deux P6les Frontaux. (Sub- poles frontal tumour with affective symptoms. Psycho- in which there was no intellectual deficit logical study after removal of the tumour and both but marked shallowing of the affect. frontal poles.) M. David and H. Askenasy. 34. (W. M. H.) http://jnnp.bmj.com/

JOURNAL (OF ANATOMY Vol. 73. Nro. 2 January 1939. Observations on the Morphology of the Human Tongue. S. Abd-el-Malek. 201. complete degeneration of the centre median A Revision of the Exterior Muscles of the Forearm nucleus. The possibility of a cortical in Tetrapods. R. W. Haines. 211. projection from the nucleus to the insular A Resurvey of the Anatomical Features of the Pits- cortex was tested by experimental destruc- down Skull with some Observations on the on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Recently Discovered Swanscombe Skull. (Part 2.) tion of the insular cortex in a monkey by A. Keith. 234. devascularization. The results of this *Observations on the Efferent Connections of the Centre Median Nucleus. W. E. Le Gros Clark. experiment provide no evidence that the 255. island of Reil in the monkey receives pro- Notes on the Comparative Anatomy of the Ganglion jection fibres from the centre median nucleus Cells associated with the Vertebrate Inner Ear Sensory Areas. J. K. Weston. 263. or from any other nuclear element of the The Formation of the Umbilical Cord and the Um- thalamus. (A. G. M. W.) bilical Region of the Anterior Abdominal Wall. G. M. Wyburn. Neural Crest of 10-Somite Embryo.-The Myrmecophaga Jubata: An Embryo with Placenta. E. W. Walls. neural crest primordia of a IO-somite *Observations on the Neural Crest of a 10-Somite human embryo are described. It is shown Human Embryo. J. S. Baxter and J. D. Boyd. that form an 318. they interrupted column of *The Brain of a Girl, aged 12, Said to be that of an cells on either side of the developing nervous Aboriginal Australian. J. L. Shellshear. 327. system and reaching from the midbrain region to the level of the sixth somite. In Efferent Connections of Median Nucleus. cephalo-caudal sequence the primordia -A human brain is described in which a are: (I) crista neuralis rostralis (concerned lesion in the external capsule isolating the in the development of the trigeminal nerve); insular cortex and involving a small portion (2) crista neuralis acoustico-facialis (facial of the putamen is associated with almost and, possibly, acoustic nerves); (3) crista J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

268 CURRENT JOURNALS neuralis post-otica (glossopharyngeal and of neural crest cells form an irregular crista neuralis occipitalis continuum. (A. G. M. W.) vagus nerves); (4) Brain of Aboriginal Girl.-The grouping (related to the first three somites); (5) crista of primitive features seen is described and neuralis spinalis (related to the fourth, fifth, leaves no doubt that the brain was that of and sixth somites). The last three groups an Australian aboriginal. (A. G. M. W.) Vol. 73. No. 3. April 1939. Some Observations on the Liver of the Pig: the of the cat. Evidence is given that the Hepatic Lobule and Liver Cell during Post-Natal Growth. E. G. White. 365. afferent fibres in the stem of the hypoglossal *Afferent Fibres of the Hypoglossal Nerve. C. B. B. nerve enter the medulla either with the Downman. 387. vagus-accessory nerves or with the hypo- The Origin, Development, and Function of the Blood Cells in Certain Marine Teleosts.) E. S. Duthie. glossal nerve; also, those of the nervous 396. descendens cervicalis enter the spinal cord The Hemolymph Nodes of the Rat. H. Selye and through the first cervical nerve. Destruc- V. Schenker. 413. A Note on the Effect of Colchicine on the Skin of tive stimulation of the tongue with chorda- Young Rats. A. Carleton. 416. lingual and glossopharyngeal nerves cut On the Relationship between the Epiphysis Cerebri produced no reflex responses. (A. G. M. W.) and the Reproductive System. S. Abd-el-Malek. 419. Anencephaly and Rhachischisis Posterior. A Note on the Microscopic Structure of Enamel. -Two types of congenital defects of the J. D. King. 424. The Effect of CEstradiol Monobenzoate on the C.N.S. are ascribed to (a) a defective under- Gonads, Endocrine Glands, and Mamma of lying inductive mechanism, and (b) an Lactating Rats. P. Bacsich and S. J. Folley. 432. abnormal equilibrium of the C.S.F. As an *Anencephaly and Rachischisis Posterior, with the Description of a Human Hemicephalus of 18 mm. example of the first category the description W. F. H. Stroer and A. van der Zwan. 441. of a human hemicephalic embryo of 18 mm. *The Blood Vascular System of the Brain of Testudo- is given, the malformation of the C.N.S. in Geometrica. G. W. H. Schepers. 451. this case being due to the abnormal character Afferent Fibres of Hypoglossal Nerve.- of the underlying structures. (A. G. M. W.) Using pupil dilation and rise of blood Blood Vascular System of Testudo Geo- pressure as reflex indices of afferent im- metrica.-A full account of the blood vas- pulses, afferent fibres have been demon- cular system of the tortoise brain. A strated in the hypoglossal, descendens feature of this brain is absence of a system hypoglossi, and descendens cervicalis nerves of vertebral arteries. (A. G. M. W.)

JOURNAL BELGE DE NEUROLOGIE ET DE PSYCHIATRIE Vol. 39. }No. 1, January 1939. *Paralysie de Lissauer. Atrophie enorme de tout followed by epileptiform attacks and paresis http://jnnp.bmj.com/ un H6misphere. (Lissauer's paralysis.) P. Divry. 5. of the left arm. There was atrophy of the Necrose de Coagulation au Sein d' un Ramollisse- right occipital lobe and adjacent parietal ment Cerebral Ancien. (Reflexions sur la Patho- lobe, and of the frontal lobe. The central genie de cette Lesion envisagee a la Lumiere de I'ttat des Arteres du Territoire Atteint.) (Coagu- gyri and temporal lobe were relatively lation necrosis in a case of old cerebral softening.) intact. (W. M. H.) J. Ley. 18. Infantile Schizophrenia.-A marked social *Un Cas de Schizophrenie Infantile. (A case of infantile schizophrenia.) R. Busschaert. 37. deficit, with conservation of attention, Resultats d'une Ann6e de Traitement de la Schizo- memory, and judgment, is held to warrant a phrenie par le Choc Insulinique. (Results of the diagnosis of schizophrenia in a girl of on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. year of insulin treatment of schizophrenia.) H. 11 years. Features include flattening of Boanville, J. Ley, A. and J. Titeca. 45. affect, lack of initiative, seclusiveness, re- Lissauer's Paralysis.-A case is described fusal of food. The differential diagnosis is with initial coma, depression, and agitation discussed. (W. M. H.)

Vol. 39. No. 2 February 1939. Deux Chondromes Intracraniens. (Two intra- cerebrum, and cerebellum is described. A cranial chondromas.) J. de Busscher. 81. *La Melanose Neoplasique Cer6bro-Cutanee. congenital dysplasia of brain and skin is (Neoplastic cerebro-cutaneous melanosis.) R. suggested. (W. M. H.) Lecouturier, J. Ley, J. Titeca, and L. van Bogaert. Neuropathology of the Dog.-Three 103. *Contribution a la Neuropathologie du Chien. (The distinctive conditions in dogs are here neuropathology of the dog.) H. J. Scherer and described: one with marked proliferation L. Collet. 132. of cortical vessels, another with acute foci of demyelination and appearance of Neoplastic Cerebro-Cutaneous Melanosis. sclerosis in plaques, the third with advanced -A case of an infant, dying in the tenth chronic sclerosis with hydrocephalus from month, with multiple pigmented cutaneous reduction in volume of the white matter. nwvi and melanosis involving the meninges, (W. M. H.) J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

CURRENT JOURNALS 269 Vol. 39. No. 3 March 1939. Les Rapports de la Physiopathologie Circulatoire the retinal blood vessels is described and Retienne avec la Neurologie et la Neuro-Chirurgie. (Importance of retinal circulation in neurology and the normal physiological findings correlated neuro-surgery.) Fritz. 159. both to systemic levels and to abnormalities Sur quelques Voies d'Association de l'tcorce found in intracranial lesions. (W. K. S.) Cerebrale. (Association tracts.) M. A. Gerebtzoff. 205. Association Tracts.-Studies of midline Retinal Circulation.-The technique of association fibres in rabbits and guinea- registration of pressures and blood flow in pigs. (W. M. H.) JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION Vol. 18. No. 2. March 1939. Gonadotropic Hornione: Urine Assays of Normally Forearm, Foot, and Calf in Responses to Physical Cycling, Menopausal, Castrated, and Estrin- and Chemical Stimuli. P. Kunkel, E. A. Stead, treated Human Females. C. G. Heller and E. J. and S. Weiss. 225. Heller. 171. Electrolyte Balances during Artificial Fever with The Control of Methemoglobinemia with Methylene Special Reference to Loss through the Skin. E. H. Blue. W. B. Wendel. 179. Keutmann, S. H. Bassett, and S. L. Warren. 239. Water Exchange of Premature Infants-Comparison Changes in Pulmonary Volume Following Lobectomy of Metabolic (Organic) and Electrolyte (Inorganic) for Bronchiectasis. G. E. Lindskog. 251. Methods of Measurement. H. H. Gordon, S. Z. Levine, E. Marples, H. McNamara, and H. J. Blood Flow in Response to Physical and Benjamin. 187. Chemical Stimuli.-Strong painful sensory Experimental Hyposthenuria. J. M. Hayman, N P. stimuli are shown to give rise to a decrease Shumway, P. Dumke, and M. Miller. 195. in volume in the forearm and calf due to Further Observations on the Occurrence of Rheu- matic Manifestations in the Families of Rheumatic active reflex vasoconstriction, or to an Patients. R. L. Gauld, A. Ciocco, and F. E. M. increase in volume due to increased cardiac Read. 213. output. There is some individual variation. Autologous and Homologous Transfusion of Human The effect on blood flow caused by local Ascitic Fluid. H. A. Davis and J. F. Blacock. 219. heat, exercise, epinephrine, and pitressin is *Blood Flow and Vasomotor Reactions in the Hand, also described. (J. N. C.) Vol. 18. rNo. 3. May 1939. Yeast and other Extrinsic Factors in Relation to The Elimination of the Cholic Acids. IV. In Pernicious Anemia. R. W. Heinle and F. R. Patients with Liver Disease. B. Josephson. 343. Miller. 257. The Origin and Nature of Normal Synovial Fluid. Serological Differentiation of Obstructive from M. W. Ropes, G. A. Bennett. and W. Bauer. 35 1. Hepatogenous Jaundice by Flocculation of A Simple Method for Determining the Systolic Blood Cephalin-Cholesterol Emulsions. F. M. Hanger. Pressure of the Unanesthetized Rat. J. R. 261. Williams, T. R. Harrison, and A. Grollman. 373.

*The Effect of Sleep on Skin Temperature Reactions http://jnnp.bmj.com/ in a Case of Acrocyanosis. R. Day and W. 0. Klingman. 271. Skin Temperature Reactions in Acro- The Influence of the Foodstuffs upon the Suscepti- cyanosis.-A case of acrocyanosis is bility of the Liver to Injury by Chloroform, and the Probable Mechanism of their Action. S. Gold- described, and it is suggested that the schmidt, H. M. Vars, and I. S. Ravdin. 277. primary fault is a vasoconstriction of the The Nature of Leukemic Blood Cells as Determined arterioles. It is also thought that this by their Metabolism. W. Kempner. 291. The Antiketogenic Activity of Succinic Acid. E. M. effect is of central origin. (J. N. C.) MacKay, J. W. Sherrill, and R. H. Barnes. 301. Immunological Studies in Patients with Pneumo- Spinal AnTesthesia and Circulation.- coccus Type III Pneumonia Treated with Sulfanila- Observations on normal subjects before mide and Serum. M. Finland and J. W. Brown. and on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. 307. during spinal anxsthesia have shown *The Effects of Spinal Anesthesia on the Circulation that the tone of the renal arterioles is in Normal, Unoperated Man with Reference to maintained by autonomous intrinsic activity the Autonomy of the Arterioles, and Especially of the peripheral vascular apparatus those of the Renal Circulation. H. W. Smith. and E. A. Rovenstine, W. Goldring, H. Chasis, and not by tonic activity of the central nervous H. A. Ranges. 319. system. (J. N. C.)

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY Vol. 70. No. 1. February 1939. Ventral Horn Cells and Polydactyly in Mice. Y.-C. Internal Structure of the Thalamus and Midbrain of Tsang. 1. Early Feeding Larvae of Amblystoma. C. J. The Origin of the Corpus Callosum and the Fate of Herrick. 89. the Structures Related to it. A. A. Abbie. 9. The Mechanism of Vision. XVI. The Functioning A Regional Volumetric Study of the Gray and White of Small Remnants of the Visual Cortex. K. S. Matter of the Human Prenatal Spinal Cord. Lashley. 45. A. M. Lassek and G. L. Rasmussen. 137. The Regeneration of End-Arteries in the Opossum Fiber Ratios in Regenerating Nerves. II. The Brain. E. Scharrer. 69. Status of Regrowth of the Sciatic and Nerves to The Differentiation between Neuroglia and Con- the Gastrocnemius in Macacus 3 Months after nective Tissue Sheath in the Cockroach (Peri- Section. H. A. Davenport, H. Chor. and D. A. planeta Americana). B. C. J. Scharrer. 77. Cleveland. 153. J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

270 CURRENT JOURNALS Vol. 70. No. 2 April 1939. Reciprocal Interweaving in Neuromotor Develop- Crayfish Muscles Related to their Function. A ment. A Principle of Spiral Organization shown van Harreveld. 267. in the Patterning of Infant Behaviour. A. Gesell. Doubly-, Triply-, Quadruply-, and Quintuply-Inner- 161. vated Crustacean Muscles. A. van Harreveld. The Tractus Medialis and its Connection with the 285. Inferior Olive in the Cat. T. Ogawa. 181. The Intramedullary Course of the Upper Five, The Hypothalamus and Subthalamus of Sus Scrofa. Cervical, Dorsal Root Fibers in the Rabbit. J. 0. Solnitzky. 191. The Lateral-Line Organs of Living Amphibian Larva Yee and K. B. Corbin. 297. with Special Reference to Orange Colored Granules The Sensory Innervation of the Spinal Accessory and of the Sensory Cells. S. G. Bedell. 231. Tongue Musculature in the Rabbit. J. Yee, F. The Cerebrum of Amblystoma Tigrinum in Midlarval Harrison, and K. B. Corbin. 305. Stages. C. J. Herrick. 249. Melanin Pigment in the Central Nervous System of The Nerve Supply of Doubly and Triply Innervated Vertebrates. A. Adler. 315.

JOURNAL OF MENTAL SCIENCE Vol. 85. Noo. 355. March 1939. Methodological Consideration of Jung's Typology. such lesions in 5 other cases makes it im- W. Stephenson. 185. *Histological Changes in the Brain in Mongolism. possible to ascribe the mental defect A. Meyer and T. B. Jones. 206. directly to these changes. (A. M. B.) *Disturbances of Tolerance and of the Acid- Glucose Tolerance and Acid-Base Equili- Base Equilibrium in Manic-Depressive Insanity. J. K. Marshall. 222. brium in Manic-Depressive Insanity.-The Some Verbal Problems Connected with Character diminished glucose tolerance often shown Nomenclature. R. C. Oldfield. 245. by patients in depressive states cannot be *Congenital Ichthyosis, Idiocy, Infantilism, and Epilepsy-the Syndrome of Rud. R. M. Stewart. correlated with a disturbance of the blood 256. pH. (A. M. B.) Facial Expression in Schizophrenic Drawings. F. Congenital Ichthyosis.-A case of con- Reitman. 264. Three Cases of Phenylpyruvic Oligophrenia. R. M. genital idiocy with multiple somatic defects Bates. 273. in skin, retina and skeleton is described, *Thrombo-Phlebitis occurring in Patients receiving together with post-mortem findings. : an Unrecorded Complication of (A. M. B.) Sleep Treatment. H. A. Palmer. 276. Thrombo-Phlebitis with Barbiturates. Histological Changes in Mongolism.- Four cases of femoral thrombosis occurring Ten cases of Mongolism examined post- in persons receiving " sleep treatment " mortem showed remarkable widespread with barbiturates are briefly described, but glial proliferation, often without or no proof is given that the drug was the nerve cell changes. The entire absence of direct cause of the thrombosis. (A. M. B.) http://jnnp.bmj.com/

Vol. 85. No. 356. May 1939. A Century of Psychiatry in the Punjab. C. J. L. Patch. 38 1. Circulation times measured by the NaCN *On the Mechanism of the Cardiazol Convulsion. method indicate that i.v. cardiazol reaches D. J. Watterson and R. MacDonald. 392. C.N.S. before causing fit. Cardiazol con- A Psycho-Pharmacological Study of Schizophrenia, vulsions are probably inhibited by certain with Particular Reference to the Mode of Action of Cardiazol, Sodium Amytal, and Alcohol in drugs (mecholyl, doryl) because these cause Schizophrenic Stupor. W. P. Berrington. 406. cerebral vasodilatation. (A. M. B.)

*Affective Sequelm of Convulsant Drug Therapy. on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. J. B. Dynes. 489. Convulsant Drug Therapy.-In a series of *Undesirable Mental Sequela to Convulsant Drug 68 patients treated with convulsant therapy Therapy. J. B. Dynes. 493. those who improved at all did so after one Insulin Therapy: A Short Review of the Work done in Grangegorman Mental Hospital. J. Dunne and to four convulsions. Prolonged courses of E. O'Brien. 498. treatment are apt to produce mental de- The Present Status and Functions of the Child- generation and changes in affective state Guidance Movement in Great Britain, and its Possible Future Developments. D. R. MacCal- develop in approximately 10 per cent. of man. 505. cases treated with convulsant therapy, and The Analysis and Treatment of a Case of Neurotic contra-indicate the continuation of this Conduct Disorder in a Young Child Illustrating the Value and Use of Drawing in treatment. (A. M. B.) Technique. H. Edelston. 522. Meinicke Klarungs *The Meinicke Klarungs Reaction: The Develop- Reaction.-Technical ment of an Improved Test. W. M. F. Robertson. details are given of an improved flocculation 548. technique for the sero-diagnosis of syphilis. General Paralysis and its Treatment by Intravenous M. T.A.B. Vaccine. C. E. Roachsmith and E. S. (A. B.) Stern. 558. Jakob's Disease.-A case of hemi- *A Case of Jakob's Disease. G. Brown and D. Parkinsonism with severe mental degenera- Buckle. 562. Anodontia in Mongolism. D. H. H. Thomas. 566. tion, together with histological changes in the cortex of both sides and contra-lateral Mechanism of Cardiazol Convulsion.- putamen, is reported. (A. M. B.) J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

CURRENT JOURNALS 271 JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE Vol. 89. No. 3. March 1939. Biochemical Changes occurring in the Cerebral anterior median small-celled group, and the Blood during the Insulin Treatment of Schizo- phrenia. H. E. Himwich. 273. Edinger-Westphal cells formed parts of the *The Nucleus of the Oculomotor Nerve with Special pupillo-constrictor pathway. (L. C. K.) Reference to Innervation of the Pupil and Fibers from the Pretectal Region. J. W. Benjamin. 294. Vestibular Paralysis.-A case of bilateral Physicochemistry of the Cerebrospinal Fluid. M. vestibular paralysis is presented. The Spiegel-Adolf. 311. Autonomic Functions of the Cerebral Cortex. R. L. symptoms were difficulty in maintaining Crouch and J. K. Thompson. 328. upright posture, in orientation in space, *The Syndrome of Vestibular Paralysis in Man. and in maintaining ocular fixation during P. M. Levin. 335. quick movements of the head. Examina- Oculomotor Nucleus and Innervation of tion showed unsteadiness with the feet Pupil.-Stimulations with the Horsley- together which was increased on closing Clarke stereotaxic instrument of various the eyes. Hearing was normal, but the points of the oculomotor nucleus in cats caloric and rotatory tests reactions were showed that the caudo-ventrally arching lost. The galvanic reactions were obtained. fibres of the posterior commissures, the (L. C. K.)

Vol. 89. 4o. 4 April 1939. Introductory Words. A. Meyer. 405. tion of Femininity in Women. K. A. Menninger. Fifty Years of Psychiatry and Neurology. 0. 514. Diethelm. 409. Dinner Tendered to Smith. S. E. Jeliffe. 528. Jelliffe, the and Psychoanalyst. A. A. Balance in Psychiatric Research. E. D. Bond. 419. Brill. 529. The Man Factor in Disease. G. Draper. 423. Jelliffe, the Neurologist. H. A. Riley. 537. The Hippocampus and its Relation to the Corpus Jelliffe, the Man. L. Casamajor. 543. Callosum. F. Tilney. 433. The Editor Himself and His Adopted Child. S. E. Somatic Correlations with the Unconscious Repudia- Jelliffe. 545.

Vol. 89. 4o. 5 May 1939. Treatment of Schizophrenia with Cardiazol in Hemiatrophy of the Brain. B. J. Alpers and R. B. Convulsant Doses. H. Delgado. 625. Dear. 653. Experiences in the Use of Encephalography. R. Attitude of Psychoneurotic toward Scientific Contra- Wartenberg. 640. ceptive Advice. J. H. Friedman. 672. Intracranial Chondroma. M. I. Green and J. H. Genoscopolamine: its Use in Parkinsonism. J. H. Childrey. 650. Scharf and S. T. Manong. 682.

JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, http://jnnp.bmj.com/ LENINGRAD Vol. 7. No. 12. 1938. Convulsive Treatment of Schizophrenia. M. I. "The Interstitial Spherical Fat'" in the Human Serejsky. 3. Brain. E. L. Venderovitch. 75. Ichthyol Treatment of Catatonic Stupor in Schizo- The Changes in the Sympathetic Nodes in Tumours phrenia, and some Psychoneuroses. L. G. of the Brain. A. Lurie. 91. Zabejinsky. 26. The Prolonged Trace Potential in Disturbances of the Ichthyol Treatment of Schizophrenia. N. Samter. Conductive Nerve Routes of the Spinal Cord. 29. V. S. Rusinov and S. A. Chugunov. 112. On the So-Called " Lingering " Shocks. P. P. The Pseudo-Spinal Tumours (Compressional Syn- Chernai. 31. drome of Tuberculous Etiology). E. V. Shmidt. on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. The Histopathologic Changes in the Central Nervous 117. System in Experimental Brucella Infection. V. A. Pseudo-Tumours of the Brain. N V. Bortnik. 123. Starker. 43. The Vegetative Polyneuritis. M. F. Bogacheva. The Treatment of Neuromelitococcia. A. V. 126. Peshkin and M. S. Aizenstein. 53. A Case of Typhus Complicated by Cerebral Hemor- The Tetanic Symptoms in Morphine Addicts. V. A. rhage. S. E. Shapiro and A. A. Zalzberg. 129. Gorovoishaltan. 59. The New Variant for Producing from the Back of The R6le and Significance of Hypertony in Neuro- the Foot the Pathologic Extensor Reflex of the pathology. V. V. Dekhterev. 69. Large Toe. B. P. Malkiel. 131.

JOURNAL OF Vol. 2. 'so. 2 March 1939. *The Course of Recovery of the Spinal Cord from On the Influence of Anoxia on Pupillary Reflexes in Asphyxia. A. van Harreveld and G. Marmont. the Rabbit. B. Ury and E. Gellhorn. 136. 101. Factors controlling Brain Potentials in the Cat. *Cortical Response to Sensory Stimulation under H. H. Dubner and R. W. Gerard. 142. Deep Narcosis. A. Forbes and B. R. Control of the Potential Rhythm of the Isolated Frog Morison. 112. Brain. B. Libet and R. W. Gerard. 153. *A Search for Changes in Direct-Current Potentials Brain Wave Frequencies and Cellular Metabolism. of the Head during Sleep. H. Davis, P. A. Davis, Effects of Dinitrophenol. H. Hoagland, M. A. A. L. Loomis, E. N. Harvey, and G. Hobart. 129. Rubin, and D. E. Cameron. 170. J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

272 CURRENT JOURNALS Recovery of Spinal Cord from Asphyxia. and is extinguished by succeeding stimuli at -Asphyxia of the lumbo-sacral cord of frequencies of about 3 per second. It is spinal cats was produced by raising the found in areas away from the sensory intradural pressure, and its effect on the cortex where the primary response is not spinal reflexes studied. After short periods discernible. The long delay between the (35 to 55 minutes) of asphyxia the tendon primary response and secondary discharge reflexes returned with intense permanent in widely separated regions of the cortex extensor tonus. The inhibitory systems of suggests that the afferent volley may not the cord were considered to be more act upon the thalamus or other subcortical damaged by asphyxia than the excitatory centres and that these centres may thus systems. There was a loss of anterior horn distribute the discharge throughout the cells. (W. M. H.) cortex. (W. M. H.) Cortical Response to Stimulation under Direct-Current Potentials during Sleep.- Barbiturate Narcosis.-In deep narcosis Methods of measuring D.C. potentials with barbiturates a widespread electrical from the human subject are described. The response of the cerebral cortex follows stage of sleep could not be correlated with stimulation of the sciatic nerve. This changes in D.C. potential between the chest secondary discharge has a latency of 40-80, and various parts of the head. (W. M. H.)

Vol. 2. No. 3 May 1939. The Conditioned Reflex of Blinking. G. Martino. involving a number ofinternuncial neurones 173. *Sur un Phenomene de Facilitation Retroactive dans are suggested in interpretation. (W. M. H.) l'Excitation Electrique de Branches Nerveuses Temperature Regulation in Thalamic Cutanees (Sensibilite Tactile). (Phenomenon of retroactive facilitation in electrical excitation of Lesions.-Damage to the thalamus causes cutaneous nerve (tactile sensation). H. Pieron no obvious disturbance of temperature and J. Segal. 178. regulation. Just caudal to the mammillary Ablations of Frontal Cortex in Cats with Special Reference to Enhancement of the Scratch Reflex. bodies the descending pathways from the F. K. Bradford. 192. hypothalamus concerned with temperature *Temperature Regulation in Cats with Thalamic regulation lie near the ventral surface of Lesions. G. Clark, H. W. Magoun, and S. W. Ranson. 202. the brain. (W. M. H.) *Effects of Frontal Lobe Lesions on Temporally Frontal Lobe Lobectomy and Behaviour. Organized Behaviour in Monkeys. J. L. Finan. 208. -After bilateral frontal lobectomy monkeys Relation of Stimulation Time of Receptors to Re- were unable to respond correctly in a covery Time in the Nervous System: Visual, delayed response test, while ability to Olfactory, and Auditory Senses. C. A. Elsberg and H. Spotnitz. 227. perform in a shuttle box or to learn a maze Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgical Considerations test was unimpaired. (W. M. H.) of the Spinal Tract of the Trigeminal Nerve. A. Earl Walker. 234. Time Constant in Supernormal Nerve *Time Constant of Excitation and Velocity in Super- Phase.-During the supernormal phase of http://jnnp.bmj.com/ normal Phase of Nerve. H. A. Blair. 249. frog's sciatic nerve the time constant of excitation is decreased by as much as Retroactive Facilitation in Electrical 15 per cent. when the supernormality is Excitation of Cutaneous Nerve.-In man more than 30 per cent. Disparity in subliminal excitation of a is different excitation parameters is seen in perceived when a like excitation follows determination of the supernormal phase within a tenth of a second. So, too, con- with long and short stimuli, for the latter secutive excitation may reduce time of tend to ignore changes in the time constant. reaction to a tactile stimulus. Pathways (W. M. H.) on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY Vol. 95. No. 1. February 1939. *Touch, Pain, and Tickling: An Electro-Physio- *The Creatinine, Sugar, and Urea Equilibrium logical Investigation on Cutaneous Sensory Nerves. between Plasma and Lymph, Aqueous Humour, Y. Zotterman. 1. Cerebro-Spinal Fluid, and Gastric Secretion after Choline Esterase in Voluntary Muscle. D. Nach- a Hypertonic Injection of these Solutions. J. D. mansohn. 29. Robertson and P. C. Williams. 139. Functional Disorganization of the Kidney in Disease. Liberation of Histamine from the by R. A. McCance and E. M. Widdowson. 36. Curare. M. Alam, G. V. Anrep, G. S. Barsoum, *The Actions of Quinine on Skeletal Muscle. A. M. M. Talaat, and E. Wieninger. 148. Harvey. 45. The Blood Volume and Kindred Properties in The Composition of Particles seen in Normal Human Pregnant Sheep. J. Barcroft, J. A. Kennedy, and Blood under Dark-Ground Illumination. J. J. M. F. Mason. 159. Elkes, A. C. Frazer, and H. C. Stewart. 68. The Distribution of Blood between the Fcetus and the Maintenance ofPregnancy in the Hypophysectomized Placenta in Sheep. J. Barcroft and J. A. Kennedy. Rabbit by the Administration of CEstrin. J. M. 173. Robson. 83. Vagal Reflexes appearing in Asphyxia in Rabbits at Prolongation of Red Cell Life by the Spleen. J. G. Different Ages. D. J. Bauer. 187. Stephens. 92. *Blood Flow during Muscle Contraction and the Size of the Spleen in Relation to Blood Sedimentation Orbeli Phenomenon in the Dog. E. Bulbring and Rate. J. G. Stephens. 132. J. H. Burn. 203. J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

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The Inhibitory Effect of Acetylcholine on Water effects of eserine, veratrine, and acetyl- Diuresis in the Dog, and its Pituitary Transmission. choline are antagonized, while that of M. Pickford. 226. potassium remains undisturbed. (L. C. K.) Action Potentials from Saphenous Nerve Non-Electrolytes in Aqueous Humour after Sensory Stimulation.-Heavy and light and C.S.F.-In cats, creatine, urea, and stroking, burning and painful stimuli sugar given intravenously in hypertonic applied to the skin of cats have been solution fail to diffuse into the aqueous, studied in relation to the action potentials c.s.f., and gastric secretion in accordance set up. Further evidence is given that with the expectations of the Gibbs-Donnan pain is mediated by very thin fibres, while equilibrium. The evidence indicates that tickling and itching also depend on trans- the aqueous humour and c.s.f. cannot be mission by these afferents. (L. C. K.) regarded as dialysates. (L. C. K.) Quinine and Skeletal Muscle.-It has Blood Flow in Muscle and the Orbeli been shown that the drug has a curare-like Phenomenon.-In dogs the increase in action upon the end plate and muscle, in tension occurring in a fatigued muscle on mammals as well as in other animals, so stimulation of the sympathetic chain or that a tetanus cannot be sustained. On after injection of adrenaline is found to take the other hand, it potentiates the response place in spite of a diminished blood flow to single supramaximal stimuli. The through the muscle. (L. C. K.)

Vol. 95. No. 2. March 1939. A Method for the Continuous Recording of Systolic The Central and Reflex Control of Respiration in Arterial Pressure in Man. J. Doupe, H. W. the Frog. D. H. Smyth. 305. Newman, and R. W. Wilkins. 239. *The Effects of Stimulation of the Cervical Sym- The Effect of Peripheral Vasomotor Activity on pathetic Nerve and the Superior Cervical Sym- Systolic Arterial Pressure in the Extremities of pathetic Ganglion on the Blood Sugar. M. Hill Man. J. Doupe, H. W. Newman, and R. W. and W. d'A. Maycock. 328. Wilkins. 244. Acetylcholine Content of Uteri Before and After Vasomotor Reflexes in Duodenum.-In Administration of CEstrin to Ovariectomized man, vasoconstriction of the fingers and Rabbits. S. M. R. Reynolds. 258. toes may be demonstrated on distending The Direct Determination of the Oxygen Consump- responses tion of the Fctal Sheep. J. Barcroft, J. A. the duodenum. Though such Kennedy, and M. F. Mason. 269. may be obtained without subjective sensa- *Vasomotor Reflexes in Man following Duodenal tion of distension they are usually greater Distension. E. A. Carmichael, J. Doupe, A. A. Harper, and B. A. McSwiney. 276. when the distension is appreciated. A Note on the Suprarenal Cortex and the Trans- (L. C. K.) mission of the Activity of the Sympathetic Nerves of the Cat. J. Secker. 282. Blood Sugar after Stimulation of Cervical The " Anti-Curare" Action of a Subthreshold Sympathetic Nerve.-No significant changes Catelectrotonus. B. Katz. 286. were observed in the cat. (L. C. K.) http://jnnp.bmj.com/ Vol. 95. No. 3. April 1939. Synchronism of Anuran Lymph Hearts and the tion of Antisera. I. W. Rowlands and F. G. Integration of Their Spinal Centres. F. H. Pratt Young. 410. and M. A. Reid. 345. The Pharmacological Actions of Diethyl-Stilbestrol The Regulation of Glyconeogenesis. L. Stein, E. and Other CEstrogenic and Non-CEstrogenic Tuerkischer, and E. Wertheimer. 356. Substances. R. F. Dawson and J. M. Robson. The Reflex Response of the " Apneustic" Centre to 420. Stimulation of the Chemo-Receptors of the Carotid Sinus. G. Stella. 365. *The Effect of Variations in Carbondioxide Tension CO2 Tension and Saline Absorption from on the Rate of Absorption of Saline Solution from Subarachnoid.-In dogs inhalation of 5-10 the Subarachnoid Space. T. H. B. Bedford. 373. per cent. CO2 mixture with air caused an on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. The Effect of Prolonged Dosage with CEstrogens on the Adult Brown Leghorn Cock. C. W. Emmens. extrusion of fluid from the subarachnoid 379. space, which subsided after 5 or 10 minutes. Histamine Release in Anaphylactic Shock from Absorption of saline then proceeded at its Various Tissues of the Guinea-Pig. H. 0. Schild. 393. normal rate. Low CO., concentrations Surface Tension and Absorption Spectrum of Female failed to affect saline absorption. The Urine over a Menstrual Cycle. W. T. Earlam and R. A. Morton. 404. author believes these results are explained The Capacity of Pituitary Preparations containing by changes in the calibres of the cerebral the Thyrotrophic Hormone to Induce the Forma- vessels. (L. C. K.)

Vol. 95. N'o. 4. May 1939. *Blood-Sugar Variations in Normal and in Sym- The Excitability States of Inferior Mesenteric Gang- pathectomized Dogs. L. Brouha, W. B. Cannon, lion Cells following Preganglionic Activation. and D. B. Dill. 431. D. P. C. Lloyd. 464. *The R6le of the Vagus in the Cardio-Accelerator Determination of Histamine in Blood. G. V. Action of Atropine in Sympathectomized Dogs. Anrep, G. S. Barsoum. M. Talaat, and E. L. Brouha and S. J. G. Nowak. 439. Wieninger. 476. *The R6le of the Vagus in the Cardio-Accelerator The Action of Some Amines Related to Adrenaline Action of Muscular Exercise and Emotion in Methoxy-Phenyliso-propylamines. J. A. Gumn, Sympathectomized Dogs. L. Brouha, S. J. G. M. R. Gurd, and 1. Sachs. 485. Nowak, and D. B. Dill. 454. The Effect of Pituitary (Posterior Lohe) Extract on J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

274 CURRENT JOURNALS the Body Water of Fish and Reptiles. E. M. to Eldon and M. Dingwall. 501. subjected total sympathectomy atropine The Effect of Low-Porphyrin Diet on Erythropoiesis still produces cardiac acceleration. It does and Haemoglobin Regeneration. N. F. Kirkman. not occur if vagotomy has previously been 508. The conclusion is that The Influence of Ingested Radioactive Materials upon performed. reached the Thyroid Gland of Rats. H. D. Griffith, J. T. cardio-accelerator fibres run in the vagus. Irving, and E. M. Mason. 516. (L. C. K.) Cardiac Acceleration in Blood Sugar following Sympathectomy.- Exercise.- Totally sympathectomized dogs show The regulation of the blood sugar during cardiac acceleration following muscular exercise, after the ingestion of glucose or exercise or emotional stimuli. After bi- the injection of adrenalin, is normal in lateral vagotomy emotion fails to increase totally sympathectomized dogs with or the heart rate above 140. There is a marked without the adrenal medulla. There is a but not complete reduction of acceleration marked sensitivity to insulin which is with muscular work, the capacity for such dependent on denervation of the adrenal work is reduced, temperature regulation is medulla alone, as dogs deprived of the deficient, and the blood lactate rises adrenal medulla are as sensitive as totally abnormally after such exercise. Respira- sympathectomized animals. (L. C. K.) tion is diaphragmatic and panting fails to Vagus and Cardiac Acceleration.-In dogs occur. (L. C. K.)

PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS Vol. 19. No. 2. April 1939. Respiration in the Central Nervous System. J. H. Bacterial Chemotherapy. The Pharmacology of Quastel. 135. Sulfanilamide. E. K. Marshall. 240. Cellular Oxidation System. E. S. Guzman Barron. The Ultrastructure of Protoplasmic Constituents. 184. F. 0. Schmitt. 270

THE PSYCHIATRIC QUARTERLY Vol. 13. No. 1. January 1939. Electroencephalography. F. Lemere. 5. The The Therapeutic Promise of Foster Family Care for pellagra condition in one patient had the Mentally Ill. N. J. Bigelow and Eva M. no effect on the psychosis. The other case Schied. 16. was complicated by myocarditis causing Thyroid Therapy in a Series of Epileptics. G. J. Doolittle. 33. death a month after the onset of pellagra *The Involutional (Mental) Syndrome. G. M. symptoms. Davidson. 42. http://jnnp.bmj.com/ *Pellagra: Report of Two Cases in Psychotic Treatment of Schizophrenia with Sym- Patients. A. Freeman. 83. pathomimetic Drugs.-Forty-five cases of Prostigmin Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis. F. M. dementia were Miller and H. Dodds. 90. praecox treated with 10- The Technique of the Insulin Shock and Metrazol 30 mg. daily doses of benzedrine sulphate Treatment. L. L. Bryan. 96. administered orally for periods varying Results of Metrazol Therapy in Identical Twins. from 10 to 3 months. In the J. M. Murphy and H. Luidens. 114. days catatonic Subsequent Course in a Series of 55 Insulin-treated group of 32 cases 12 showed improvement. Patients. D. Ruslander. 123. Only 1 of 5 hebephrenics was improved. *Treatment of Schizophrenia with Sympathomimetic Out of 8 2 Drugs: Benzedrine Sulphate. E. Davidoff and paranoid schizophrenics E. C. Reifenstein. 127. were benefited. Further tests were made on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Literacy and Mental Disease. B. Malzberg. 145. with combined benzedrine and sodium A Comparative Study of Psychoses among Negroes Ten mg. and Whites in the New York State Prisons. S. C. amytal therapy. benzedrine Karlan. 160. sulphate were given intravenously. The Are Mental Diseases on the Increase ? H. B. following day the patient received sodium Elkind. 165. amytal orally in doses of 1-2 gm. repeated Involutional Syndrome.-It is claimed every hour until narcosis was induced. This was allowed to terminate spon- that this study of the involutional syndrome The third supports the view that there is no essential taneously. day 30 mg. benze- difference between involutional melan- drine sulphate was given intravenously and cholia and agitated depression. the fourth day amytal narcosis was again produced orally. This alternation was Pellagra.-Two cases of pellagra occur- continued for from 2-3 weeks. This treat- ring in psychotic patients after 24 and 4 ment was administered to 12 cases of years of hospitalization respectively are dementia prwcox in 6 cases of a self- recorded. Both cases developed in patients absorbed type and 6 excited types. Of who exhibited faulty habits of eating. It the 12 cases, 8 showed improvement, is suggested that it is advisable to regard 6 of whom had been ill less than 2 years. all mental hospital patients who show Increased accessibility was noted in 10 faulty eating habits as potential pellagrins. cases. J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

CURRENT JOURNALS 275 Vol. 13. rNo. 2. April 1939. Brain Pathology in Four Cases of Schizophrenia The of Hospitalization. S. R. treated with Insulin. A. Ferraro and G. A. Lehrman. 309. Jervis. 207. Psychiatric Evaluation of Afferent Stimuli and Some Aspects of Homosexuality in Relation to Total Learning Processes. W. Marshall. 322. Personality Development. D. M. Hamilton. 229. The " One-Contact " Case. R. A. Jensen and L. H. Reaction of a Juvenile Delinquent Group to Story Smith. 330. and Drama Techniques. E. Davidoff and G. The Effect of Insulin Hypoglycemic Shock Therapy Buckland. 245. on Hepatic Function. L. L. Bryan and G. C. A Review of the Research Aims of the New York Bower. 346. State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, 1938. N. D. C. Lewis. 259. Induced Hypoglycemic Shock in Cryptogenic Postemotive Schizophrenia. P. Milici. 278. Epilepsy. G. E. Metcalfe. 348. Incontinence in Acutely Psychotic Patients. J. M. Modifications in the Insulin Treatment of Schizo- Hill. 294. phrenia. D. Ruslander. 357. The Etiology and Prevention of " Lung Abscess " in Fatality following Insulin Therapy. J. M. Murphy. Metrazol Therapy. M. Zeifert. 303. 361.

REVUE NEUROLOGIQUE Vol. 71. TNo. 2. February 1939. *Syndrome de Claude Bernard-Horner et Troubles in two Oculo-Sympathiques dans les Lesions du Thalamus dogs transitory homolateral myosis Optique. (Claude Bernard-Horner's syndrome and enophthalmos by destructive lesions of and disturbances of the ocular sympathetic inner- the superior and rostral part of the optic vation in lesions of the optic thalamus.) R. thalamus in a third dog with a lesion Garcin and M. Kipfer. 121. involving the superior part of the lateral Disturbances of Ocular Sympathetic nucleus of the thalamus and the internal Innervation.-Experimental and clinical geniculate there was a lasting myosis. data are reviewed. The authors produced (W. M. H.)

Vol. 71. No. 3. March 1939. *ttude Electro-Physiologique de la Regulation Posturale. (Electro-physiological study ofpostural Induced Hyperglycaemia in Hypophyseal regulation.) P. Mollaret. 257. Tumours.-The authors describe blood *L'tpreuve d'Hyperglycemie Provoquee dans les sugar curves characteristic of Tumeurs de I'Hypophyse. (The investigation of eosinophil, induced hyperglycxmia in tumours of the hypo- basophil, and chromophobe cell adenomas physis.) Cossa, Augier, and Rivoire. 267. of the pituitary. (W. M. H.) *Une Forme Anatomoclinique Particuliere de l'Alcoolisme Chronique: Sclerose Corticale Alcoholic Laminary Cortical Sclerosis.- Laminaire Alcoolique. (A peculiar anatomo- In four alcoholics a proliferation of astro-

clinical form of chronic alcoholism: alcoholic http://jnnp.bmj.com/ laminary cortical sclerosis.) F. Morel. 280. cytes was found limited to the third cortical *Un Symptome Radiologique des Tumeurs de la lamina and specially marked in the frontal Fosee Posterieure. (A radiological sign in region. (W. M. tumours of the posterior fossa.) J. Rossier. 289. H.) Radiological Sign in Posterior Fossa Postural Regulation.-In normal dogs Tumours.-A concavity of the basilar plate alteration of body and limb posture has shown on lateral radiography is considered been shown to modify chronaxie. Fatigue, diagnostic of an infratentorial tumour. sleep, and agitation abolish the pheno- (W. M. H.) menon. (W. M. H.) on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright.

RIVISTA DI NEUROLOGIA, NAPOLI Vol. 1 1. 4o. 6. January 1939. *Gliosarcoma (Glioblastoma) del Lobo Parietale. on the contralateral side and Destro del Centro Ovale. (Gliosarcoma (glio- developed blastoma) of the right parietal lobe and of the sensory epilepsy and persistent pain of centrum ovali.) P. L. Della Torre. 469. central origin. The pathology of these Importanza dell'Esame Elettrico-Cronassimetrico conditions is discussed, as is nella Sciatica. (Importance of the chronaxic the operative examination in sciatica.) U. Poppi. 497. technique. (R. G. G.) *1 Disturbi Psichici nella Sclerosi in Placche. (Psychic symptoms in disseminated sclerosis.) G. Psychic Symptoms in Disseminated Amodio. 544. Sclerosis.-The commonest psychic dis- turbances are affective. There may be a Gliosarcoma of Parietal Lobe.-The facile alteration of mood disproportionate author describes a case of glioblastoma of to the state of the disease. Early manic the right parietal lobe which was operated depressive and hallucinatory phases may upon, but which recurred after about a year. occur, and in late cases dementia. The case presented early muscular atrophy (R. G. G.) J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

276 CURRENT JOURNALS Vol. 12. No. 1. February 1939. Sulla Possibilit;s di Proliferazione Microgliale dalle the literature, and the authors point out Cellule Avventiziali nell' Uomo Adulto. (The possibility of microglial proliferation from the that not only should toxic factors be con- adventitial cells in the human adult.) G. Gluck. 1. sidered, but also the effects of blocking *Contributo alla Conoscenza delle Sindromi Nervose of the vessels by clumped parasites. da Malaria. (Contribution to the. knowledge of the neurological syndrome of malaria.) G. (R. G. G.) Pansini and S. Caccuri. 24. Gli Anticorpi nel Sangue e nel Liquor Dopo la Intoxication of Nervous Systems by In- Vaccinazione per Via Endovenosa ed Endorachidea. halation of Gases.-Twelve cases are (Antibodies in the blood and c.s.f. after intravenous and intrathecal vaccination.) G. Sogliani. 40. described and the neurological phenomena *Contributo Clinico alla Conoscenza delle Intossi- discussed. The authors consider that the cazioni Nervose Professionali, da Inalazione di effects may be produced either by their low Solfuro di Carbonio, di Acetone, di Gas Illumi- pH nuclear nante. (A clinical contribution to the knowledge value affecting alkaline tissue of occupational intoxication of the nervous system or dissolving the endothelium of the vessels, by inhalation of carbon disulphide, acetone, and thus inducing multiple thrombi. The coal gas.) G. Cacciapuoti. 56. *Paraparesi Atasso-Spastica da Intossicazione poison acts chiefly through the vessels, and Emetinica. (Emetine intoxication as a cause of the similarity of lesions to those found in ataxic-spastic paraparesis.) F. Vizioli. 86. certain infections, especially syphilis, require considerably more investigation and re- Neurological Syndromes in Malaria.- search. (R. G. G.) The authors report eight cases of neuro- logical complications of malaria. These Emetine Intoxication and Paraparesis.- comprised two cases of sciatica, one of A case where this sequence was observed brachial neuritis, one polyneuritis, two is described and a plea entered for care in Parkinsonian syndromes, one left hemi- the administration of a course of emetine paresis from thrombosis, and one neuro- treatment to ensure that irreparable damage psychic syndrome. The pathogenesis is is not done to the nervous system. discussed in relation to cases described in (R. G. G.)

RIVISTA DI PATOLOGIA NERVOSA E MENTALI Vol. 52. N[o. 2. September-October 1938. Orientamenti clinici e nosografici dopo un anno di of the 7th, 10th, 11th, and 12th cranial terapia insulinica e cardiazolica in malati di mente nella R. Clinica di San Salvi. (Review after a nerves. A dissociation of sensation on the year's experience of the treatment of mental patients right, with abolition of stereognosis, sense by insulin and cardiazol in the clinic of San Salvi.) of and and preserva- C. E. Roberti. 175. movement, position, *Dissociazione delle Sensibilita di Tipo Corticale ed tion of vibration sense and all superficial Atassia Determinate da un Tumore del Bulbo. sensibility, except in the area innervated by

(Sensory dissociation of cortical type and ataxia the 5th cranial, where tactile and pain http://jnnp.bmj.com/ with a bulbar tumour.) M. Bassi. 234. *L'Angioarchitettonica del Midollo Spinale Umano sensation were diminished. An astro- e i Suoi Rapporti con la Cito-Mielo-Architettonica.) blastoma was found in the right lateral (The angio-architectonics of the human spinal region of the bulb. (R. G. G.) medulla and its correspondence with the cyto- myelo-architectonics.) C. Fazio. 252. Angio-Architectonics of Human Spinal Su di una Sindrome Catatonica Comparsa durante la Crisi Insulinica Provocata. (On a catatonic Medulla.-Thirty-four cases were examined syndrome appearing during a therapeutic insulin by Pickworth's method modified by the shock.) G. Gastaldi. 292. *Contributo allo Studio dei Lipoma del Corpo author, and a detailed description of the Calloso. (Contribution to the study of lipomata vascular anatomy is given. (R. G. G.) of the corpus

callosum.) G. Fattovick. 310. on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Lipomata of Corpus Callosum.-After a Sensory Dissociation and Ataxia with brief review of the literature of lipomata of Bulbar Tumour.-In a young man of 23 a the corpus callosum, the author describes syndrome rapidly developed characterized the findings in a case which ran its course by moderate hemiparesis of the limbs on without clinical signs, and discusses the the right, moderate diminution of function pathogenesis of these tumours. (R. G. G.)

Vol. 52. Nlo. 3. November-December 1938. Ricerche sul Comportamento della Barriera Emato- Sulla Psicopatologia del Coreico. (The psycho- liquorale nei Senili. (Research on the behaviour pathology of chorea.) C. Trabattoni. 423. of the barrier between the blood and the c.s.f. in *Considerazioni sopra Casi di Morte in Seguito a the aged.) C. Trabucchi. 335. Neurotomia Retrogasseriana. (Death following *Su di un Caso di Singhiozzo Incoercibile Cosidetto retrogasserian neurotomies.) E. Miserocchi. 457. Epidemico. (A case of uncontrollable hiccup (epidemic hiccup).) E. D'Abundo. 358. "Epidemic Hiccup."-The author de- Su di un Particolare Aspetto della Motilita Reflessa Extrapiramidale. (A particular aspect of reflex scribes a case in which the symptom was extra-pyramidal motility.) G. Oggioni. 367. relieved after the administration of Bul- *Influenza del Sistema Nervoso sull4 Secrezione garian belladonna. (R. G. G.) Sebacea. (Influence of the nervous system on the sebaceous secretion.) B. Serrati. 377. Nervous System and Sebaceous Secretion. J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

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-The sebaceous secretion is regulated by in the late stages of those cases of neuralgia the autonomic nervous system and in- in which the trophic lesions are more creased by the parasympathetic. Seba- marked than the sensory changes. ceous secretion is increased in chronic (R. G. G.) encephalitis not only in the face but also in other parts of the skin, and this increase Retrogasserian Neurotomies.-Three cases is most marked on the side chiefly affected of death after this operation are described, by the disease. It is increased on the in one of whom cerebral softening was paralysed side in apoplectic coma, but found post-mortem. The parts most decreased in hemiplegia and paresis after affected were those in which the circulation the acute phase has passed off. It is in- is withheld from the cortex by gravity, and creased in bulbo-pontine tumours on the so the post-operative posture of the patient side of the lesion or on both sides, the side should be such as to ensure a maximum of the lesion being most marked. It is blood supply to the central nervous system. increased in the early stages and decreased (R. G. G.)

Vol. 53. 4o. 1, January-February 1939. L'Istopatologia del Sistema Nervosa Centrale dello Serum Diastase in Blood.-Using Wohlge- Shock Insulinico. (The histopathology of the muth's method the author found the central nervous system in insulin shock.) F. Accornero. 1. diastatic index raised in states of excite- *La Concentrazione dell'Amilasi nel Sangue in ment, in acute delirium, delirium tremens, Condizioni Normali e Patologiche: Ricerche and in epilepsy. (R. G. G.) sulle sue Variazioni nelle Malattie Nervose e Mentali. (The concentration of the serum diastase in the blood in normal and pathological Blood Sugar Levels with Lactoflavine.- conditions.) G. C. Giorgi. 97. Like other vitamins, lactoflavine has a *Glicemia e Azotemia Ureica per Stimolo Diretto modifying influence on the vegetative dei Centri Nervosi Vegetativi con Lattoflavina. (Blood sugar and urea levels on stimulation of the nervous centres. The authors show by vegetative nervous centres with lactoflavine their estimations of the blood sugar and (Vitamin B.,). ) L. Riccitelli and N. Lolli. 110. blood urea that the influence depends on *Considerazioni su alcuni Reperti Dinamometrici del-Liquor-a proposito della Terapia lodica mode of administration. (R. G. G.) Intradurale di un Caso di Leptomeningite Cronica Adesicocistica Perimidollare. (C.s.f. pressure Intradural Iodine and Adhesive Arach- during treatment with intradural iodine in chronic noiditis.-A case is described in which there adhesive arachnoiditis.) V. Longo and A. Rubino. 121. was difficulty in establishing the diagnosis *Comportamento della sieroreazione di Weltmann and peculiar behaviour of the pressure in e della Prova del Rosso Congo in Dementi Precoci the c.s.f. The author suggests a modifica- Trattati con Vaccinoterapia. (Behaviour of the Weltmann sero-reaction and of the congo-red test tion of the Queckenstedt-Stookey technique in dementia pracox treated with vaccine therapy.) whereby a cyst can be diagnosed. (R. G. G.) S. Platania. 136. Alterazioni dei Capillari in Malati di Sclerosi Weltmann Sero-Reaction and Congo-Red http://jnnp.bmj.com/ Multiple e loro Significato. (Alterations in the capillaries in cases of multiple sclerosis and their Test in Dementia Proecox.-The results of significance.) G. Gomirato. 148. these tests is described and the latter Polyradiculo-nevrite con Dissociazione Albumino- corresponded with the clinical outcome in Citologica del Liquor. (Polyradiculo-neuritis with dissociation of the albumen and cellular findings in 83 per cent., but the former is only 58 35 the c.s.f.) M. Santi. 156. percent. (R. G. G.)

SCHWEIZER ARCHIV FUR NEUROLOGIE UND PSYCHIATRIE on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Vol. 42. T 4o. 2. 1938. Die Psyche im Lichte der Biologie des Mutter- Swift-Feer'scher Krankheit). (The pathology of instinktes. (The psychology and biology of the the central nervous system in infantile acrodynia. maternal instinct.) C. Ceni. 209. (Selter-Swift-Feer's disease). ) J. Ruesch. 361. Zur Methode und Technik des psychiatrischen Uber die Beziehungen zwischen dem Assoziations- Gutachtens. (Method and technique of psychiatric experiment nach Jung und der Psychodiagnostik reports.) B. Dukor. 225. nach Rorschach. (The relation between the Beitrag zur Myotonischen Dystrophie. Ein association experiments of Jung and the Rorschach Schweizer Geschlecht wurtembergischer Herkunft. test.) H. G. Van der Waals. 377. (Contribution to dystrophia myotonica. A Swiss Ein Fall von spontaner Wirbelfraktur im Cardiazol- family of Wurtemburg origin.) E. Katsenstein- anfall. (Spontaneous vertebral fracture during Sutro. 249. cardiazol attack.) H. Wespi. 404. *Zur Kenntnis der herdanatomischen Grundlagen leichterer optischagnostischer Storungen. (The 73 suffered localization of slight degrees of visual agnosia.) Visual Agnosia.-A woman of F. Lotmar. 299. from visual agnosia in addition to other Die Epilepsie als Problem und in ihrer Beziehung more severe focal cortical disturbances. zur Therapie. (The problem of epilepsy and its Serial sections showed thrombotic soften- relation to therapy.) 0. Marburg. 323. Etude sur l'Exhibitionisme. (A study of exhibi- ings of the left hemisphere. The splenium tionism.) F. Naville and H. Dubois-Ferriere. of the corpus callosum was intact. A pure 334. lesion of the left occipital cortex may thus Beitrag sur Pathologischen Anatomie des Zentral- nervensystems bei infantiler Akrodynie (Selter- produce visual agnosia. (K. S.) J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

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Vol. 43. b40. 1. 1939. Verstandliche Zusammenhange in einem Falle von Uber Hirntumoren, die progressive Paralyse oder parakinetischer Manieriertheit. (Psychology of a Tabes vortauschen. (Cerebral tumours producing case of parakinetic mannerisms.) R. Bak. 1. picture of general paresis or tabes.) J. Ruesch. Zur pathologischen Anatomie der operativ entfernten 149. hintern Prolapse der Zwischenwirbelscheiben. *Ober die Hirnlipoid-Reaktion zur Schizophrenie- (Morbid anatomy of intra-vertebral discs removed Diagnose nach Lehmann-Facius. (Brain lipoid by operation after posterior prolapse.) W. G. reaction for the diagnosis of schizophrenia Deutcher and J. G. Love. 8. according to Lehmann-Facius.) E. Schudel. 170. *Zur medikamentosen Unterstutzung der Psycho- I. Neurasthenie mercurielle. (Neurasthenia pro- therapie bei Neurosen. (Medicinal support of duced by mercury.) H. Steck. 180. psychotherapeutic treatment in neurosis.) V. E. II. Remarques g6n6rales sur l'intoxication mercurielle Frankl. 26. professionelle. (General remarks on occupational Die Bedeutung der exogenen Faktoren fur die mercurial poisoning.) L. Michaud. 184. Entstehung und den Verlauf der Schizophrenien. Die Bedeutung der exogenen Faktoren fur die (Extraneous factors in the origin and cause of Entstehung und den Verlauf des manisch-depres- schizophrenia.) A. Glaus. 32. siven Irreseins und der genuinen Epilepsie. (Ex- Paralysie generale traumatique. (Traumatic general traneous factors in the origin and cause of manic- paresis.) M. Jequier and L. Bovet. 48. depressive psychosis and genuine epilepsy.) J. La therapeutique des maladies mentales par l'insuline Wyrsch. 187. a Cery de 1929 a 1938. (Therapy of mental diseases by insulin at Cery from 1929 to 1938.) Medicinal of R. Kaech. 63. Support Psychotherapy.-In Die rhythmischen und synchronen Myoklonien der two cases of compensation neurosis, one Rachenhohle und des Kehlkopfes. Physio- case of stammering, and one case of pathologische Untersuchungen. (Rhythmic and depersonalization, it is demonstrated that synchronic myoclonia of pharynx and larynx.) A. Kreindler. 79. psychotherapy can effectively be supported Untersuchungen uber die Insulin-Wirkung auf die by the administration ofbenzedrine. (K. S.) Blut-Alkohol-Konzentration beim Menschen. (Effect of insulin on the alcoholic concentration in Brain Lipoid Reaction of Lehmann- human blood.) L. A. Meyer. 89. Facius.-In 200 examinations of c.s.f.'s it Panegyrismus des naturlichen Greisenalters. (Pane- was shown that the re- gyric on old age.) C. v. Monakow. 105. Lehmann-Facius Les neurodermatoses fonctionelles. (Functional action was not specific for any mental neurodermatoses.) E. Ramel. 130. disease. (K. S.)

ZEITSCHRIFT FtJR DIE GESAMTE NEUROLOGIE UND PSYCHIATRIE Vol. 164. Nos. 2 and 3. January 1939. Was leisten die Blutkorperchenfarbungen zur normalen menschlichen Grosshirnrinde in ver- Darstellung der Hirndurchblutung fur die Path- schiedenen Lebensaltern. (The quantity and ologie ? (Blood corpuscle stains in the demonstra- distribution of lipoid pigments in the normal tion of cerebral circulation.) W. Scholz. 117. cerebral cortex at various ages.) L. Keller. 259. Experimentalle Untersuchungen zur Frage der Die Optischen Verbindungen der oberen Vierhugel- Hirndurchblutungsstorungen beim generalisierten gegend. (The optic connections of the anterior Krampf. (Disturbances of cerebral circulation in colliculus.) A. Juba. 273. generalized convulsions.) R. Dreser and W. Die Sippschaft der Mongoloiden Idiotie. (The http://jnnp.bmj.com/ Scholz. 140. siblings of Mongolian idiots.) H. Schroder. 286. Ober geheilte Schizophrenien. (Cured schizo- Psychotherapie und allgemeine Praxis. (Psycho- phrenics.) L. Baumer. 162. therapy in general practice.) H. Kogerer. 311. Beitrage zur normalen und pathologischen Anatomie Die Bedeutung optisch-raumlicher Vorstellungen fuir des Ruckenmarkes. I. Zur Pathologie der Blutge- das elementare Rechnen. (The significance of fasse des Ruckenmarkes. (Studies in the normal visual-spatial relations in elementary calculation.) and pathological anatomy of the spinal cord. K. Leonhard. 321. I. The pathology of the blood vessels of the spinal OIber postvaccinelle Encephalomyelitis. (Post- cord.) M. Staemmler. 179. vaccinial encephalomyelitis.) A. Leifer. 352. Zur Frage des Wasserstoffversuchs. (Experiments Zur Pathogenese der Sturge-Weberschen Krankheit. in water retention.) L. Hagenmeyer and A. (The pathogenesis of the Sturge-Weber disease.) Langeluddeke. 195. G. Peters. 365.

Ober den Erbgang der Schizophrenie. (Heredity in Ein Fall von Agenesie des Corpus Callosum ver- on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. schizophrenia.) S. Koller. 199. bunden mit einem Diverticulum paraphysarium Ober die Fehlentwicklungen des Kleinhirns, der des Ventriculus Tertius. (A case of agenesis of Brucke und des verlangerten Markes (Arnold- the corpus callosum with a paraphyseal diverti- Chiarische Entwicklungsstorung) bei kongenitaler culum of the third ventricle.) 0. Foerster. 380. Hydrocephalie und Spaltbildung des Rucken- Familiare Rudimentarformen der Multiplen Sklerose markes. (Developmental malformation of the und die erblichen Anomalien der Bauchdecken- cerebellum and pons and elongated medulla reflexe. (Familial rudimentary forms of multiple (Arnold-Chiari malformation) with congenital sclerosis with hereditary anomalies of abdominal hydrocephalus and fissure of the cord.) H. reflexes.) H. Wellach. 392. Jacob. 229. Ein Beitrag zur Lokalisation des Hemiballismus. Menge und Verteilung des lipoiden Pigments in der (Hemiballismus.) T. Kutsch. 404. Vol. 164. No. 4. February 1939. Zum klinischen Aufbau der exogenen Psychosen. Zur Frage der spontanen Remissionen der schizo- (Clinical development of exogenous psychoses.) phreniformen Psychosen mit besonderer Beruck- K. Westphal. 417. sichtigung der Frage nach der Dauer dieser Studien uber den Vitamin C-Gehalt im Liquor Remissionen. Was kann mit der Shocktherapie cerebrospinalis. VII. Die jahreszeitliche Schwan- dieser Zustande erreicht werden ? (Spontaneous kung des Vitamin C-Gehaltes im Sauglingsliquor. remissions in schizophreniform psychoses with (Studies in the Vitamin C content of the cerebro- considerations regarding the duration of these spinal fluid. VII. Seasonal fluctuations of the remissions. What is attained by shock therapy vitamin C content of the cerebrospinal fluid of in these conditions ?) G. Langfeldt. 494. sucklings.) M. Kasahara and I. Gammo. 492. Untersuchungen uber Pawlowsche Reflexe bei J Neurol Psychiatry: first published as 10.1136/jnnp.2.3.259 on 1 July 1939. Downloaded from

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Geisteskranken. (Investigation of Pavlov's re- (The relationship between the blood sugar varia- flexes in mental diseases.) M. Schroter. 501. tions, and clinical symptoms with the progress of Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pyknolepsie. (A contribu- recoverv in the insulin treatment of schizophrenia.) tion on pyknolepsy.) M. Rohde. 516. E. Hofmann. 531. Qber Beziehungen zwischen Blutzuckerbewegung Das umschriebene Arachnoidealsarkom des Klein- und klinischen Symptomen sowie dem Heilungs- hirns. (Circumscribed arachnoidal sarcoma of the verlaufe bei der Insulinbehandlung Schizophrener. cerebellum.) 0. Foerster and 0. Gagel. 565.

Vol. 164. No. 5. March 1939. Ministerialdirektor Dr. Gutt, 5 Jahre Leiter der idiopathica. (A contribution on idiopathic Abteilung Volksgesundheit des Reichsministeriums cerebral polyneuritis.) I. Glavan. 699. des Innern. (Minister director Dr. Gutt, 5 years Zur Histologie und Pathogenese der diphtherischen in charge of the department of public health in the Lahmungen. (Histology and pathogenesis of Reichs-ministry of the interior.) E. Rudin. 581. diphtheritic paralysis ) J. Glaser. 707. Die Erkrankungen der Westphal-Wilsonschen Ergebnisse elektrokardiographischer Untersuchungen Pseudosklerose auf Grund anatomischer, klinischer bei der Cardiazolshockbehandlung der Schizo- und erbbiologischer Untersuchungen. (Anato- phrenie (Electrocardiographic investigations in mical, clinical, and hereditary investigations into cardiazol shock treatment of schizophrenia.) G. the Westphal-Wilson pseudosclerosis.) H. Stadler. Forschbach. 722. 583. Beitrag zur Frage der Bedeutung der unterwertigen Uber Storungen im Kohlehydratstoffwechsel cere- Hemisphare. (The significance of the non- bralen Ursprungs. (Disturbances in carbohydrate predominant hemisphere.) M. E. Ludwig. 735. metabolism of cerebral origin.) S. Lups. 644. Zwei Falle von Neurofibromatose mit Befallensein Uber den feineren Bau der Hirnrinde auf Grund der des Zentralnervensystems. (Two cases of neuro- Elektroencephalographie. (The structure of the fibromatosis with involvement of the central cerebral cortex from the standpoint of electro- nervous system ) E. Beck. 790. encephalography.) Z. Drohocki. 657. Normal and Pathological Anatomy of *Beitrage zur normalen und pathologischen Anatomie author des Ruckenmarkes. It Ober markscheidenhaltige Spinal Cord (II).-The describes Gefassnervenbundel in Pia und Ruckenmark. the presence of coils of myelinated nerve (Contributions on the normal and pathological fibres in association with blood vessels seen anatomy of the spinal cord. II. Medullated vessel-nerve bundles in the pia and spinal cord.) in the cord in some cases. They occur M. Staemmler. 669. near the anterior septum and seem to be Betrachtungen uber die histologischen Methoden mit associated with the vessels arising from this Benzidin im Zentralnervensystem. (Kriterien und Grenzen ihrer Anwendbarkeit.) (Use of Benzedine region. Only 12 cases out of 600 examined in histology of the central nervous system. Criteria showed these knots, which were very few; and limits of its applicability.) C. Fazio. 678. fibres associated with Die Hamorrhagischen Meningitiden. (Hsemorrhagic these myelinated meningitis.) G. Martinoff. 687. vessels are considered normal, but their Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Polyneuritis cerebralis function is not clear. (G. M. G.)

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*Zur Frage der postoperativen Blutungen nach der which were present in the patient before http://jnnp.bmj.com/ Arteriographie der Gehirngefasse mit Thorotrast. (The problem of post-operative hxmorrhages after arteriography was undertaken. (J. S.) arteriography of the cerebral vessels with thoro- trast.) W. Lohr. 65. Unilateral and Bilateral Subdural Haema- Die arteriographische Diagnostik der Stirnhirn und toma.-In two cases the presence of a sub- oralen Stammgangliengeschwulste. (The diagnosis dural hxematoma was demonstrated by of tumours in the frontal lobe and the oral parts of the basal ganglia by arteriography.) E. arteriography. Bilateral himatoma may Fischer. 72. be suspected if the anterior cerebral artery *Zur Diagnose des ein- und doppelseiten subduralen no deviation to the sound " side. Hamatoms. (The diagnosis of the unilateral and shows bilateral subdural haematoma.) E. Metz. 99. (J. S.)

*(Uber Dauerjeilung durch Fettautoplastik bei on September 23, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Arachnitis adhtesiva spinalis und Psammom der Adhesive Spinal Arachnoiditis Cured by Dura spinalis. (Permanent cure of adhesive spinal Fat Grafts.-Three cases are described in arachnoiditis and of spinal psammoma by auto- which defects in the spinal dura were genous fat grafts.) H. Badum. 102. *Ober Hirnaneurysmen. (Cerebral aneurysms.) T. successfully repaired with autogenous free Riechert. 111. fat transplants. On the basis of experi- *Zum Problem der Commotio cerebri. (The evidence it is claimed problem of cerebral concussion.) E. Bay. 119. mental and clinical that fat grafts are entirely satisfactory. Post-Operative Haemorrhages and Thoro- (J. S.) trast.-There is no evidence to suggest that be Cerebral Aneurysms.-Visual hallucina- post-operative hemorrhages might tions were observed in two patients suffering causally related to the injection of thoro- from intracranial aneurysms. (J. S.) trast. If they occur, such hemorrhages are probably due to faults in surgical technique Cerebral Concussion.-Review of the (inefficient hxemostasis), or to disorders literature of the subject. (Part 1.) (J. S.)