COMPLETE or partial agenesis of the corpus callosum is uncommon especially in adults; the incidence amongst patients in institutions where numerous air encephalograms are performed is 3% (Carpenter and Drukemiller, 1953). Reil (1812) published the first report of a case, describing the necropsy findings in a 30 year old woman of low mentality; further cases discovered at necropsy were subsequen...

Temporal arteritis is a disease of old age, often manifesting itself clinically with rather vague symptoms of fatigue, general malaise, and weight loss. The characteristic headache or symptoms from the temporal regions may appear late (Harrison and Bevan, 1967) or may pass unobserved. The first report of a case was given by Hutchinson (1890) in London, and series of varying numbers have since b...