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The Year-book of treatment for 1884-1899 v.8, 1892
The Yearbook of treatment for 18841899 v8 1892 Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, INCLUDING INSANITY. By James Ross, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P., Physician to the Manchester Royal Infirmary and to the Manchester... more » Royal Lvnatic Hovlntal, Cheadle. Joint Professor of Medicine in the Owens College and Victoria University ; tMD Ernest S. Reynolds, M.D. Land., M.R.C.P., Visiting Physician to the Manchester Workhouse Infirmary and Lunatic Wards, and to the Ancoats Hospital, Manchester. The past year has not been marked by any great and special advance in the treatment of nervous disease. Further trials have been made with the new hypnotics with varying results. The rage for the treatment of certain chronic nervous disorders by suspension has considerably abated, and we can now examine more calmly the rationale of the method, and the exact brnefits conferred by it. The pathology of tetanus has been much elucidated, and a large number of cases have been reported. Much attention has been given to the treatment of drug craving—a malady which, unfortunately, seems to be increasing. This year a short article on the treatment of mental disorders has been added. One book relating to nervous diseases taken as a whole has been published. This is " The Treatment of Diseases of the Nervous System," by C. W. Suckling, M.D., M.R.O.P., London, H. K. Lewis. This work is arranged as a dictionary in alphabetical order, and is a supplement to the same author's work on the diagnosis of nervous disease. We propose to consider the various subjects of this article under the following heads :— I.—The Treatment of Insomnia. II.—The Relief of Pain, including Sciatica and Headache. III.—The Treatment of Epilepsy, Chorea, and Exophthalmic Goitre. IV.— The Treatment of Tetanus and Muscular Spasm. V.—The Suspension Treatment of Chroni...« less