A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy — John Shaqi
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of EpilepsyBennett, Alexander Hughes
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A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy
Bennett, Alexander Hughes
Epilepsy
2. _Epilepsia Mitior_.
1 900 60 --
2 600 60 --
3 300 3 --
4 150 1 --
5 150 7 --
6 120 120 --
7 90 9 --
8 90 3 --
9 60 15 --
10 60 90 --
11 13 -- 2
12 16 -- 4
13 16 -- 8
14 8 -- 3
15 8 -- 3
16 4 -- 1
17 4 6 --
18 1 -- 4
Of 47 cases of E. Major, we find that in 8 there were no attacks during
the whole period of treatment, in 1 there was no improvement, in 1 the
attacks were augmented after treatment, and in 37 there was marked and
varying diminution of the seizures. Of 18 cases of E. Mitior there was
no case where the attacks were wholly suspended, in 1 there was no
improvement, in 2 the attacks were increased, and in 15 they were
diminished in number by treatment. This is scarcely a fair comparison
between the two forms, as the numbers are so unequal; but cases of
uncomplicated E. Mitior are not common, being generally associated with
the graver form, which combined cases are not inserted in this table. It
is generally asserted in books that the non-convulsive form is much more
intractable than the other, but the above table proves the contrary, as,
for example, in Nos. 3, 4, 11, 12. It is true that the results do not
appear so complete or striking in E. Mitior as in E. Gravior, but then
it must be remembered that the number of cases is more limited, and the
number of attacks originally much greater. In short, the table shows
that if treatment does not completely avert the attacks of E. Mitior, it
greatly diminishes their frequency.
TABLE VI.--_Showing Effects of Treatment by the Bromides in Epilepsy. 1.
Diurnal Form; 2. Nocturnal Form_.
Average Average Number
No. number number attacks
of attacks attacks during
Case. per month per month last 6
_before_ _after_ months of
treatment. treatment. treatment.
1. _Diurnal Form_.
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