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Observations In Hypoglycaemia: V. Disorders of Speech

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

E. Stengel  and
W. Mayer-Gross
E. Stengel
Affiliation:
From the Department of Clinical Research, Crichton Royal, Dumfries
W. Mayer-Gross
Affiliation:
From the Department of Clinical Research, Crichton Royal, Dumfries
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During the hypoglycaemia produced by insulin for the treatment of psychoses, disorders of speech occur as symptoms of the dissolution and restitution of cerebral function. Although transitory, they can be observed accurately, as the hypoglycaemic condition is repeated daily for weeks in the same patient. They have in fact been studied and commented on by several workers since the method was initiated by Sakel in 1934; we shall refer later to some of the findings and views in the literature. In this paper an attempt will be made to describe and classify the various speech disorders, and to relate their characteristic features to other hypoglycaemie symptoms occurring at the same time. Attention will be drawn to certain speech-like symptoms which hitherto have been scarcely noticed. The possible influence of the underlying psychosis will also have to be considered.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 91 , Issue 384 , July 1945 , pp. 311 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1945 

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