Abstract
A young man aged 18 years was referred to the Clinic because of finding, in the course of a life insurance examination, a systolic blood pressure of 170 and an “improper development.” His mother is very nervous and had had a ”nervous breakdown,” apparently a functional neurosis, before the patient′s birth; she had had fainting attacks, though not recently. A sister, six years older than the patient, is subject to fainting spells and sick headaches. A maternal uncle practically never shaved. The patient had diphtheria at the age of 9 years and red measles at the age of 12. There is nothing notable in his history until the age of 12; at this time he grew rapidly and states that he was 6 feet in height when 12 years old. At this age also he began having “sunstrokes,” during which he is unconscious for a few seconds to a minute; he sometimes feels dizzy for a few minutes to an hour before the attack but is unable to ward off the spell with ammonia or similar things.
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