Geriatrics : the diseases of old age and their treatment, including physiological old age, home and institutional care, and medico-legal relations . pears with advancingyears and when it does occur it is either a symptom of cerebralarteriosclerosis or a prodromal symptom of some serious cere-bral or nervous disturbance. It may precede apoplexy ormental breakdown. When occurring as a prodromal symptomit is usually associated with irritability, anxiety, nausea, vertigoand other nervous phenomena. The treatment depends uponthe cause. For the relief of the headache, a large dose of bro-mide of sod
Geriatrics : the diseases of old age and their treatment, including physiological old age, home and institutional care, and medico-legal relations . pears with advancingyears and when it does occur it is either a symptom of cerebralarteriosclerosis or a prodromal symptom of some serious cere-bral or nervous disturbance. It may precede apoplexy ormental breakdown. When occurring as a prodromal symptomit is usually associated with irritability, anxiety, nausea, vertigoand other nervous phenomena. The treatment depends uponthe cause. For the relief of the headache, a large dose of bro-mide of sodium should be taken and if the heart is in good con-dition this may be combined with one of the coal tar prepara-tions like antipyrin or acetphenetidin with caffein or ammoniumcarbonate. Chorea is rarely met with in the aged although choreiformconvulsive movements of the hands are sometimes seen in thecourse of other nervous diseases especially in those of traumaticorigin. Very few cases of the chronic Huntingtons chorea havebeen reported and these were invariably associated with seniledementia. The ordinary chorea appears generally in a mild. Tremorgraph—Chorea. (Neustaedter, Med. Record, July 17, 1909.)
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