1 900 60 -- 2 180 60 -- 3 90 9 -- 4 24 1 -- 5 16 -- 8 6 12 -- 4 7 12 3 -- 8 8 1 -- 9 8 -- 3 10 8 -- 4 11 4 -- 2 12 4 6 -- 13 2 -- 1 14 2 -- 1 15 1 0 0 16 1 0 0 17 1 0 0 18 4 -- 1 The next table attempts to show whether or not the age of the patient when he came under observation has any effect in modifying the action of the bromides, or whether it assists us prognosing the probable result. A survey of this table shows in general terms that the age of the patient is neither an assistance nor impediment to the successful action of the bromides in the treatment of epilepsy. Whatever the age may be, whether in a young child or in an old person, the average of beneficial effects appears to be the same. At first sight it would seem as if treatment would be more successful in the young; but it is not so, as the two cases in the table over fifty years of age received as much average benefit as any of the others. TABLE VIII.--_Showing Effects of Treatment by the Bromides in Epilepsy at Different Ages_. 1. _Under 15 Years_; 2. _Between 15 and 30 Years_; 3. _Between 30 and 50 Years_; 4. _Over 50 Years_. 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. _Under 15 Years._ 1 900 60 -- 2 600 5 -- 3 600 60 -- 4 450 12 -- 5 240 90 -- 6 180 60 -- 7 150 7 -- 8 30 4 -- 9 8 0 0 10 8 -- 3 11 4 6 -- 12 4 2 -- 13 2 -- 1 14 1 150 -- 2. _Between 15 and 30 Years._