NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, SECTION OF NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

Abstract

ed by Walter Freeman, M.D., Washington, D. C. Bloody Tears and Epilepsy. Pierre Behague. A cavalry officer suffered an injury to the head, after which he had severe headache ; later epileptiform seizures appeared, and the patient did not regain consciousness until there had been a caruncular hemorrhage, of about a thimbleful of blood, lasting three or four minutes and spattering over the patient's face. There was no doubt as to the nature of the fluid : Red blood cells could be seen under the microscope, and a Wassermann test was made. The cerebrospinal fluid was normal and did not contain blood. Neurologic examination gave negative results except for tremor of the hands. Behague stated that subconjunctival hemorrhages are not uncommon in cases of epilepsy and raised the question whether bleeding from the caruncle might be related to subconjunctival hemorrhages. Fribourg-Blanc stated that the two phe¬ nomena proceed from the same mechanism. Postrotatory Thrust of the Body and Counter-Rotation of the Eyes. J. A. Barre. In several cases of otitis media in which there had been extensive destruction and degeneration in the middle ear, the inner ear was also affected, and normal Downloaded From: http://archneurpsyc.jamanetwork.com/ by a Microsoft Bing User on 03/28/2016