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IN the fifth edition of his well-known text-book, Dr. Stoddart has made several changes to conform with the latest ideas on the ever-growing subject of psychiatry. It is perhaps in general paralysis that there has been during the last few years the most prominent advance in therapeutics of mental disease. The section on the treatment of this disorder contains details of the modern treatment by induced malaria, and also refers to the use of tryparsamide. The main new feature of clinical psychiatry is the recognition of mental changes following epidemic encephalitis, and a chapter is devoted to this disease and its sequelae. Dr. Stoddart's experience is that certification is rarely required, and then only for the confused type of post-encephalitic state, but cases certainly occur in which that step is necessitated by changes in the moral sphere.
Mind and its Disorders a Textbook for Students and Practitioners of Medicine.
By Dr. W. H. B. Stoddart. (Lewis's Practical Series.) Fifth edition. Pp. xx + 593 + 12 plates. (London: H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd., 1926.) 21s. net.
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Mind and its Disorders a Textbook for Students and Practitioners of Medicine . Nature 120, 471–472 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120471b0
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