Transactions of the National Association for the Study of Epilepsy and the Care and Treatment of Epileptics at the first annual meeting held in Washington, D.C., May 14th and 15th, 1901 / edited by William Pryor Letchworth.

  • National Association for the Study of Epilespy and the Care and Treatment of Epileptics.
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1901
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Credit: Transactions of the National Association for the Study of Epilepsy and the Care and Treatment of Epileptics at the first annual meeting held in Washington, D.C., May 14th and 15th, 1901 / edited by William Pryor Letchworth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX. CONNECTICUT. In August 1900, the Executive Committee of the National Association for the Study of Epilepsy and the Care and Treat- ment ol Epileptics made a request of the Connecticut Medical Society and the State. Board of Charities that they should co-operate m ascertaining through a properly organized com- mittee the number of epileptics under public care in the vari- ous institutions of the State, and in procuring such informa- tion as was obtainable respecting the number and condition of epileptics not under institutional care, and report such in- formation to the Association. In compliance with the re- quest a committee was appointed, composed of Dr. Max Mouse, Dr Frank K. Hallock, and Dr. Edwin A. Down, President of the State Board of Charities, to conduct the in- quiry suggested The thoroughness of the work done by the Committee, and the business-like methods it adopted, are cn°nplhy-0f llnita1tl0]n; and the information obtained and the pTim?nSneaChefi Ere f valuable> that, by direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, the report, which theTnnimfmCtuable+t^rPru?are in time f°r Presentation to e annual meeting at Washington, is herewith appended. REPORT OF THE CONNECTICUT COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF EPILEPSY. of the anLmW?^ °f ascertaininS the necessary facts, a copy Sta+p I f , ed circular was sent to every practitioner in the namp ^ aij bomeoPathic, eclectic, and irregular—whose ppeared in the State Manual, as well as to all such in-