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Title: The Journal of nervous and mental disease
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: American Neurological Association
Subjects: Nervous system Psychology, Pathological
Publisher: Baltimore (etc.) Williams & Wilkins (etc.)
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Frederick K., 11 years old, the second child of German parents.His mother had weak, faint spells before he was born, and is saidto have uterine disease. With this exception the family history isgood. One child died of heart disease, five others are living andhealthy. There is no history of syphilis or hereditary nervoustaint. He was born at term, the labor being twelve hours inlength and rather difficult, but instruments were not used. Thehead presented. After birth no abnormality was noted except 1 The illustrations are reproduced from photographs taken by Dr R. A,Kingman, of Boston. 482 PHILIP COOMBS KNAPP. blueness of the fingers. At the age of three months, he began tohave convulsions, which gradually increased in frequency. Whenone year old, he began to get his teeth, dentition being difficult,and each tooth requiring to be lanced several times. The con-vulsions at this time grew worse, he had at times fifty or sixty aday, and sometimes ten or a dozen while his father was takingh

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