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Syphilis and Mental Alienation; further Cases illustrative of their Relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

W. Julius Mickle*
Affiliation:
Grove Hall Asylum, London

Extract

Case IV.—History of Syphilis: namely, venereal sore; sore throat; and subsequent generalrheumaticpain. Later on, melancholia and suicidal propensity. Severe and prolonged cranial, and mainly nocturnal pain, with local tenderness, relieved by specific treatment. Hepatic disease; incipient pulmonary phthisis. Recovery.

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

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