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Malaria Therapy in General Paralysis: being Observations on Fifty Cases treated at the County Mental Hospital, Whittingham

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

A. R. Grant  and
J. D. Silverston
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In the early part of 1922 our attention was drawn to the excellent results claimed by Wagner-Jauregg (1), Gerstmann (2), Weygandt (3) and others in the treatment of general paralysis by the inoculation of malaria. Since July 31, 1922, over fifty general paralytics have been subjected to this form of fever therapy, and in this contribution we propose to give a brief summary of our observations and com elusions.

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Clinical Notes and Cases
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 70 , Issue 288 , January 1924 , pp. 81 - 89
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1924 

References

(1) Wagner-Jauregg, . —Ars medici, vol. i, No. 1, 1923;Google Scholar
Journ. of Nerv. and Ment. Dis., vol. lv, No. 5, p. 369.Google Scholar
(2) Gerstmann, . —Zeitschr. f.d. ges. Neurol. u. Psychiat., lxxiv, 1912.Google Scholar
(3) Weygandt, . —Münch. med. Woch., 1920.Google Scholar
(4) Riddel, and Stewart, . —Journ. of Med. Sci., October, 1922.Google Scholar
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