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11 case histories with various psychiatric diagnoses, of which 6 by KE.  Includes a collection on "Mania transitoria" with excerpts from literature, a short KE manuscript "Über Mania transitoria" and patient lists with the headings: "Name, Alter, Beruf; praemorbide Verhältnisse; Aetiologie; prodromi; Beschreibung des Anfalls; Symptome nach Anfall; Dauer; Bemerkungen".  Further includes the following KE manuscripts: 3 short ms. on forensic psychiatry; 1 ms. on "Lähmungen der oberen Extremitäten", incl. excerpts from literature; a short ms. "ad Theorie"; an untitled ms. of 1 1/2 pages; an overview over the literature "ad transit Störgn".  Includes a press cutting: [Book review of] "Bela Grünwald, Das neue Ungarn. Graf Stefan Szechenyi; von Leo Veigelsberg"; the issue of the <i>Allgemeine österreichische Gerichts-Zeitung</i>, 22. April 1890; and a letter from Dr. Sabrazes, Bordeaux, 17.1.1901.

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