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On the Connection between the Mental State and Inequality of the Pupils in General Paralysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Francis Wyatt Thurnam*
Affiliation:
Bristol Borough Asylum

Extract

Out of 946 cases admitted into the Bristol Asylum since January, 1870, symptoms of General Paralysis of the Insane have existed in 116; of which 83 occurred in males, and 33 in females, the admissions being respectively 440 males and 506 females.

Type
Part I.–Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1880 

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“On the Functions of the Brain,” 1876.Google Scholar

The condition of the iris was also found to be affected on irritation of the cerebellum, which causes contraction of the pupils, more particularly of that on the same side as the irritation. The pupils dilate on stimulation of the posterior half of the superior and middle frontal convolutions, and contract on stimulation of the angular gyrus.Google Scholar

In his “Paralysis from Brain Disease,” 1875.Google Scholar

In his “Traité de la Paralysie Générale des Aliénés,” 1879.Google Scholar

“On General Paralysis,” 1859.Google Scholar

“Lectures on Mental Diseases,” 1866.Google Scholar

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