. Alienist and neurologist. . nt, therefore, of brain injuries should not be limitedmerely to the recovery of the patient as far as life is concerned, but it should also bedirected toward obtaining a normal individual—approximating as closely as possiblethe conditions of the patient before the injury. Besides these neurological conditions frequently benefited by operative procedures,there are still other ones in this field that can be only mentioned in the present excellent results obtained in those cases of persistent trifacial neuralgia which,finally, after the failure of all medic
. Alienist and neurologist. . nt, therefore, of brain injuries should not be limitedmerely to the recovery of the patient as far as life is concerned, but it should also bedirected toward obtaining a normal individual—approximating as closely as possiblethe conditions of the patient before the injury. Besides these neurological conditions frequently benefited by operative procedures,there are still other ones in this field that can be only mentioned in the present excellent results obtained in those cases of persistent trifacial neuralgia which,finally, after the failure of all medical efforts, have had the posterior root of the Gas-serian Ganglion severed, are possibly the most dramatic; the surgery of the peripheralnerves has also made a marked advance within the past few years and especially isthis true of the operative treatment of selected cases of facial paralysis. Of the otherneurological conditions amenable to surgical treatment, this work is still in the experimentalstage. 20 West 50th Page Thirty-Two JUVENILE PARESIS—A BRIEF REVIEW WITH REPORT OF CASES. By LEON EMILE DUVAL, M. D.,Assistant Physician Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C. ENERAL paresis in the young, while not a rare occurrence, isso frequently met with, that it is worth while to report authenti-cated cases. Also the disease is often overlooked, or a wrongdiagnosis is made, so that a short synopsis of the malady maynot be inappropriate. An experienced neurologist recently toldme that he had seen but one case in an experience of twentyyears. Up to 1910, only about two hundred cases had beenreported in the literature, and while this number has been some-what augmented since that time, and a number of writers havecalled attention to the subject, it is a fact that juvenile paresisis not as well known as it should be by many of those who areapt to come into contact with it occasionally. It has fallen tomy lot to see four cases with positive findmgs, and one suspiciou
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