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The Pathological Relation between Albuminuria and Puerperal Mania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Arthur Scott Donkin*
Affiliation:
Neville Hall College, Newcastle-on-Tyne

Extract

“Medical science,” says Dr. Donkin, “is indebted to Professor Simpson for having first directed attention to the coexistence of albuminuria and puerperal mania, in a contribution to the Obstetric Society of Edinburgh, in 1856. In this paper Dr. Simpson contented himself with demonstrating merely the frequent coexistence of the two morbid conditions, without attempting to explain the exact pathological relation between the renal and mental affections, leaving that to be accomplished by future clinical investigation. Dr. Simpson's communication is, I believe, up to the present time, the only contribution we possess on the subject, either in our own or any other language.”

Type
Part III.—Quarterly Report on the Progress of Psychological Medicine
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1863 

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