Abstract
The factor of balance has received much attention from many investigators of epilepsy and convulsive Rowntree 1 produced a condition which he designated as water intoxication by administering large amounts of by stomach tube to various mammals (dog, cat, rabbit, guinea-pig and rat). A prominent feature of this toxic state was occurrence of convulsions. He regarded such convulsions as expression of an increase in intracranial pressure arising as a manifestation of disturbance in salt to equilibrium of body and central nervous system. The production of convulsions in animals by such forced administration of suggested a possible disturbance of balance in epilepsy occurring in man. Temple Fay 2 and his co-workers were impressed by possible significance of disturbed balance and stated that the predisposing factor concerned with a major convulsive seizure is due to a hydration state.
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