EPILEPSY
Abstract
suitable pension plans, retirement programs, selective retirement programs, and group health insurance plans to include older enrollees. A new periodical, The Journal of the American Geriatric Society, begins publication this month. An excellent article by Alvarez(6) has appeared on a rarely discussed topic, care of the dying. Alvarez believes that elderly patients generally welcome frank and careful discussion of approaching death. His practical advice includes suitable use of sedation for relief of pain and disapproval of stringent restrictions of activity and regimen. Guided by family wishes, the wise physician.drastic medical procedures for aged patients obviously beyond help. Alvarez points out that many severely ill aged persons do not greatly fear death, and the physicianâs honesty gives them a feeling of comfort and friendliness. BIBLIOGRAPHYi. 1952. 2.Simon,A.,Am.io8:663,Roth,M., and Morrissey, P., and McDonald,J.J. Ment. J. F.Sci., g8: Geriat., 6:&112,66,391,3. Polatin,Ment.4. Sands, S. L., and Rothschild, D. J. Nerv. Dis., ix6: 233, 1952. 5. Schuster, D. B. Am. J. Psychiat., tog:6. Alvarez,W. C. J.A.M.A.,150:86,C. WESLEY WATSON, M.D.,BOSTON, MASS.Several articles of interest relating to epilepsy appeared during the year covered by this restricted review. Electroencephalography in its relation to problems of epilepsy is reviewed elsewhere in this JOURNAL. The chapters on epilepsy