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Parotid Gland Secretion in Affective Mental Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

H. J. Eysenck
Affiliation:
Mill Hill Emergency Hospital
P.-M. Yap
Affiliation:
Mill Hill Emergency Hospital

Extract

Parotid gland secretion is one of the most easily observable manifestations of autonomic activity, and a study of the secretion of this gland should be helpful both in the elaboration of the theory of autonomic activities and perhaps also in practical diagnosis (1, 2, 3). Strongin and Hinsie have shown that whereas normal subjects secrete on the average.07 c.c. per 5-minute period, varying from 02 c.c. to .15 c.c., none of a number of manic-depressive patients studied by them secreted more than .01 c.c. per 5-minute period (4, 5).

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1944 

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