GENERAL PARESIS

Changing Trends in General Paresis

THERE ix much recent medical literature on the subject of syphilis as a 'dying disease.' King (1958), in deploring the conmmonly held view that venereology is in decline as a specialty, suggests that the proportion of late syphilis may well have increased to-day since treatment has become easier to administer, and less systemuatic therapy is given in the early stages. Redmill (1959) emphasizes ...

Gastric, Secretory and Other Crises in General Paresis,

Prevalence of laryngeal paresis in dogs undergoing general anaesthesia.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of laryngeal paresis within a selected population of dogs and identify some of the distinguishing characteristics of affected dogs. DESIGN A prospective study involving laryngoscopic examination of 250 dogs. PROCEDURE The laryngeal movements of 250 dogs undergoing general anaesthesia were observed. The severity of laryngeal paresis in these dogs was grad...

Studies concerning the Psychology and Symptomatology of General Paresis

I . Schilder (655). 2. Schilder’s epistemological stand is indicated here. It is the articulation of the world which is given, not the “categories” of the “pure mind” (Kant). The point is of importance, since modern dynamic psychology has implications suggestive of solipsism. See, for example, Laforgue (441, pp. 57-59). The epistemological paradox of dynamic psychology is: how accoiint for an a...

Pure dysarthria, isolated facial paresis, or dysarthria-facial paresis syndrome.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pure dysarthria, isolated supranuclear facial paresis, and their combination without somatic motor dysfunction are rarely encountered clinical syndromes and have not yet been clearly characterized. METHODS Thirteen patients (9 men, 4 women; aged 33 to 72 [mean, 56] years) with unilateral strokes who developed dysarthria with or without facial paresis but without somatic...