A Case of Acute Polioencephalitis Superior
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C. D., female, aged eight, European, was admitted to Madras Lunatic Asylum on July 3rd, 1911, suffering from " Acquired Idiocy." Family history, good, paternal side. Neuropathic and alcoholic, maternal side. Personal History.?Previous to March 1911, child was bright and intelligent, and was about average or a little above it in her class at school. About that time she was noticed to become irri-
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