. Alienist and neurologist. . ar:—Kahn, Journal de Medecine ei deChirurgie Pratiques, 1919, vol. xc, p. 197, concludes that the war has been with-out influence on the frequency of this affection, but that the interval of latency mayhave been shortened, while in some cases the course is accelerated. Points whichmay be determined in a few years relate to the percentage of cases of paresis incases of syphilis which have developed during the war. Other subjects of interestare presence or absence of a special strain of spirochete, early meningitis and itsinfluence on the development of paresis and
. Alienist and neurologist. . ar:—Kahn, Journal de Medecine ei deChirurgie Pratiques, 1919, vol. xc, p. 197, concludes that the war has been with-out influence on the frequency of this affection, but that the interval of latency mayhave been shortened, while in some cases the course is accelerated. Points whichmay be determined in a few years relate to the percentage of cases of paresis incases of syphilis which have developed during the war. Other subjects of interestare presence or absence of a special strain of spirochete, early meningitis and itsinfluence on the development of paresis and the possibility that the meningo-corticalregion is an area of least resistance. The meningoencephalitis of syphilis has norelation to any other state which induces dementia, and produces so-called generalparalysis. The criteria here include bacteriology and the clinical and biologicalresources. Traumatisms, exhaustion and emotional states are not necessary for theproduction of the affection.—Americari Journal of Page Two Hundred Ninety- Six BOOK REVIEWS. The Don Quixote of Psychiatry.—By Victor Robinson, Historico-MedicalPress, Publishers, 206 Broadway, New York City. If this biography—classed by the publisher as a medico-historical work—ofthe Don Quixote of Psychiatry, alicis Dr. S. V. Clevenger, is, as stated by theauthor, intended to direct attention to atrocities, continued until this day againstthe most helpless of human beings, it has a most commendable object, but it isdifficult to understand how the author reconciles his expressed purpose with thesatirizing—expressed mildly—of so many eminent members of the medical profes-sion, most of whom have crossed the Great Divide, thus doing violence to that gen-erally heeded maxim: Morluis non conviciandum el de mortuis non nisi honum—the dead cannot defend themselves, therefore speak well of the death. The reviewer believes he can appreciate the martyrdom of the worthy Dr. Clev-enger in his personal s
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