American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 97
- Number 2
- September 1940
Article
Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages276–296Nine per cent of dementia præcox patients who were examined at autopsy showed signs of a chronic rheumatic infection, involving the brain as well as the heart valves. The rheumatic alterations in the brain consisted of a recurrent vascular process of an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.2.276Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages297–307Thirty-two patients with general paresis were inoculated with a small number of Plasmodium vivax trophozoites— 1, 10, 100, 250, 500, and 1000—in an attempt to correlate the resultant infection and therapeutic result with the dosage of parasites. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.2.297Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages308–318A change in respiration herein termed "respiratory plateaux" has been noted in states of "day-dreaming" in normals and a similar tendency has been observed in schizophrenic patients. These periods of apnea appear to be more striking and more frequent in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.2.308Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages319–331In this paper we do not assume to have solved all problems of diagnosis relative to schizophrenia; rather we have endeavored to show the necessity of standardization of criteria to the end that the diagnostic term might have a common meaning, capable of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.2.319Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages332–341From our data the following conclusions can be drawn: 1. Males developed the disorder at a younger age than females. The number of men who became schizophrenic declined more rapidly than that of the females. The earlier the age of onset the less favorable ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.2.332Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages342–357In this paper the differential diagnostic difficulties in schizophrenia have been considered in the light of the concept of personality- stratification. As a working hypothesis three different strata are distinguished. In addition to the essentially ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.2.342Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages366–371The effects of metrazol on 10 curarized dogs were studied with the aid of the electroencephalograph. The electrical changes of the cortex, hypothalamus and medulla with metrazol, uncomplicated by asphyxia and muscular movements are described. The effects ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.2.366Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages372–379A case of paroxsmal auricular fibrillation is presented. The arrhythmia persisted for five hours following the initial injection of metrazol which resulted in a strong epileptiform seizure. The various possible mechanisms are discussed and particular ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.2.372Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages380–3831. A case of acute pulmonary edema occurring during insulin hypoglycemic coma and ending in death five days later from pulmonary gangrene is presented. 2. The acute pulmonary edema may have resulted from: (a) Hyperadrenalinemia with left ventricular ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.2.380Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages384–387The cerebral metabolism was estimated in 10 patients in an acutely intoxicated condition, and after recovery from the alcoholic bout. The cerebral uptake of oxygen was diminished in 6 cases, and within normal limits in the remaining 4. After recovery the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.97.2.384Publication date: 01 September 1940
Pages388–394The effect of amphetamine sulfate upon the intelligence scores of 21 children was noted. Following therapeutic oral doses of 10 mg. and 20 mg. of the drug, performances on the revised Stanford- Binet scale and on a battery of psychomotor tests were not ...
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