This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...His stomach was overdistended though not painful or tender. Patient complained of headache, the pain arising at a tender spot in front of the right ear. Kenneth'M'Leod.--W. L., stone-quarrier, suffering with violent mania after an apoplectiform attack. His appetite was voracious, and he was not by any means particular ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...His stomach was overdistended though not painful or tender. Patient complained of headache, the pain arising at a tender spot in front of the right ear. Kenneth'M'Leod.--W. L., stone-quarrier, suffering with violent mania after an apoplectiform attack. His appetite was voracious, and he was not by any means particular as to what he ate. Post-mortem.--Both lateral ventricles were excessively dilated, flattening the temporal convolutions.--(Journal of Medical Science, 1861, vol. vii.. Case 1.) S. W. D. Williams.--F. O., single, female, aged 27, suffering from violent mania, ate with avidity all that was given to her, though she brought up nearly all she took. Post-mortem--There was a gumma in the temporal lobe close to the Sylvian Assure opposite the island of Reil, and the whole temporal lobo was firmly adherent to the bone.--(Ibidem, April 1869. vol. xv.) Bonville Bradley Fox.--K., aged 49, fell from a trap and injured the left side of his head, a scar being visible from the sagittal suture to the temple. Irascibility and tendency to assault innocent persons, after the accident. When lie ate, he did so ravenously.--(Ibidem, July, 1891, vol. xxxvii., Case 2.) William Julius Mickle.--J. W. T., aged 47, sustained a severe blow on the head by a stone, which struck him in front and slightly above the left ear. Besides violence and kleptomania, he showed an increase of appetite. Previous to the accident he had always been a small eater, taking scarcely sufficient to keep up strength. Post mortem.--The temporal convolutions showed adhesion and decortication.--(Ibidem. October, 1885, Case 2.) H. Voppel.--Patient, 47 years of age, destructive and voracious, had a small head with bulging temporal bones.--(Allg. Zeitxchrift filr Psychiatrie. 1&57, vol. xiv., Case ...
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