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Late Effects of Closed Head Injuries: Psychiatric Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

E. Guttmann*
Affiliation:
From the Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E.5

Extract

In discussing the late stage of head injuries, it is necessary first to define the clinical stages in the treatment of these conditions. With Donald Munroe, it is considered expedient to classify cases of head injury in general into— (a) Operative and (b) Non-operative cases.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1946 

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