Abstract

bei donepraecox. f#{252}r Psychiatric,question to beMARIE-EMMAZA-3, igo8. underdirection firstBleuler.Burgh#{246}lzli, Zurich,fol-lowing: What is the relation between the degree of dementia after the acute period, and the symptoms, and the duration of the prodromal period, and the age of the patient at the onset, and the psychical and physical condition of the patient at the time of onset, and the immediate causes? The cases were received in Burgh#{246}lzli from January I, i8g8, to December 31, 1905, and were 647 in number, women and 305 men, of whom 84women patientsand 69 men are have not beento and be made,still in the institution. under observationand are, therefore,One hundred and enough to allowconsidered inthirty-two a definitethis article. light,medium,the cases were severe dementia.were divided intoTotal.groups,types:Men. 125Women.Hebephrenics CatatonicsParanoid formsOn dischargeDementia.the condition. ....of theseLight.was as follows:Severe.(21%)Medium.Catatonics Paranoid formsizg (8%) ioi (58%) 87 (65%)(i5%) (i6%)47 (27%) 26 (ic%)About after27%(,)show about6o% the firstreached are as follows: of the cases in whom theonset light dementia, abouti8%could be determined a medium degree, and on theform hasa severedementia.the firstoutbreak.a certainthe worstprognosis, the paranoid form the best, while the hebephrenic form occupies a middle position as far as the dementia is concerned. In women the catatonic form does not show as much