RUMINATION IN MAN.

Abstract

Merycism, or rumination in man, although described by ancient medical writers, has attracted but little attention until within the past few years. Hammond, who reported a case in 1894, said that only about fifty cases had been recorded up to that time. Since then, however, a number of additional cases have been recorded, both in this country and abroad. I have however been able to find only thirteen reported in America, but in Europe a great number of cases have been added to the literature in recent years. The American cases are: Hubbard: Medical Record , 1886, p. 122, one case. Max Einhorn: Medical Record , 1890, p. 38, two cases. Charles Shattinger: Medical Fortnightly , 1892, p. 163, one case. W. A. Hammond: Proceedings of American Neurological Association, 1894, one case. D. W. Graham: Chicago Medical Examiner , 1894, Vol. xv, p. 118, one case. Edward Runge: St. Louis Med. Review , 1894, p.