Transitory disturbances of consciousness in epileptics / by S.P. Goodhart.

  • Goodhart, Simon P. (Simon Philip), 1873-
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[1908]
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    [Reprint from American Medicine, New Series, Vol. Ill, No. 0, pages 410-412, September, 1008.] TRANSITORY DISTURBANCES OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN EPILEPTICS. BY S. P. GOODHART, M. D„ New York City. Acute psychical disturbances may at any time manifest themselves in epileptics, and must be regarded as the direct expression of the existing brain disease (just as the convulsive seizures are). Psychic dis- turbances may occur without any physical concomitant; and on the other hand, there may be motor irritative symptoms in the form of twitchings, without involvement of the psychic sphere. A regular causa- tive connection between the convulsive seizures and the psychic disturbances does exist. Hence it is generally of minor im- portance whether or not the transitory dis- turbances of consciousness are preceded or followed by convulsions, or whether they have originated independently. Again, intercurrent convulsive seizures may ap- pear in the course of an epileptic psychosis, without causing any alteration of the clin- ical picture. Lemerling showed that the essential fea-- ture of all the acute epileptic psychoses