Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-29
Symptoms of Common Brain Dis
ease Described by DR.. Hammond.

From thu New York World.
Before the New York Neurologin-
al Society last evening, DR.. VIM. A..
Hammond read q paper on "Cerebro
Haperamia. This he said was quite
q common disease and was brought
on generally by over-inteliec!naI ex-
ertion. The symptoms are vertigo,
noises in the ears, dark spots before
the eyee, staggering in the walk,
numbness in the limbs and twitcb,
ings or spasms in the face. There is
q mental disturbance which is shown
by Authorizations, and principally
by sleeplessness. The digestion ia
impaired. These are the symptoms
10 violent cases. In general tho pa
tient is deprived almost wholly of
sleep, or has unpleasant dreams. He
finds il impossible to fix his atten-
ton npon any subject, and is attack
cd With pain u the head If he makes
p mental effort. An accurate ac-
conntant who vas attacked by this
disease could not add up column of
figures, making mistakes which in his
normal condition he would consider
ridiculous. Is one case reported
gentleman attempted to commit
euicide because he could net solve
simple sum. The patient ia forget
full Thames and facts, and makes
mistakes in using words. There is,
too, a great deal of indecisi0n mani
tested in simple matters.
81 knew patient" DR.. Hammond
said, /" to carry several thousand dol
lars every day for a month to Wall
street, intending 10 make certain
speculation, but he put it off without
any reason whatever. There
is a morbid apprehension of impend-
ine evil. and the patient is afraid
that he will himself commit some
dreadful act. have known of a
man who dreaded to go on ferry
boat, because he was afraid be would
throw himself off; of another who
would not 90 near train for fear he
would throw himself in front Of it;
Cfa husband who made his wife
keep his razors locked up !; of man
who would not take warm bath,
in fear that ho would not turn eff
tho hot water. The subject, how
ever, never yields TO these i'm
pulses. The emotional system is de-
ranged. The patient becomes sus-
picious and annoyed On the slight
est grounds. A patient once was
liable to be attacked 5Y vegLigo at
any time, so that frequently and in
the street he would support himself
by amb-post, or sit on stoOp IN
I'll the attack was over. The verti-
90 is generally increased by mental
effort, and disappears more or less
when The patient is about to go to
sleep. The ocular muscles are easily
tired 50 that The patient cannot
read. Sometimes the sense of hear
ing is very acute ard at other times
very dull The disease is generally
accompanied by congestion of the
tympanum, and tho symptoms are
intensified by sulphate of quinine
and other medicines, which are
scmetimes given to patients who
arc suffering from this disease. The
muscular strength is impaired so
that the PATIENTS sometimes unable
to lift his arm or his foot.
'sTho causes of cerebro-hyperm-
mia are mental. A young lady was
once attacked by it in consequence
an intense intellectual effort she
put fo:tb to solve mathematical
problem. The disease is moro apt to
attack thoso in middle life then the
young or old. To be cured he pa
tiont should abstain from severe
meatal work, should exercise in the
open air, indulge in moderate gaity,
aud plain but nutritious diet"