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The Pathology of Four Cases of Epileptic Idiocy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Harvey Baird
Harvey Baird*
Affiliation:
London County Asylum, Colney Hatch
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The following cases of gross cerebral lesion occurred in epileptic idiots:

CASE 1.—S. J— was admitted to Leavesden Asylum in December, 1897, ret. 17. He was then noted to be a confirmed epileptic idiot. He died in March, 1904, of ulcerative colitis. During his residence there he had frequent severe fits.

Type
Clinical Notes and Cases
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 52 , Issue 218 , July 1906 , pp. 571 - 578
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1906 

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