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The Effect of Malarial Fever upon Dementia Prœcox Subjects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

W. L. Templeton*
Affiliation:
Bristol (late A.M.O., City of London Mental Hospital, near Dartford)

Extract

It has long been known that remissions of varying degree and duration may occur in chronic mental states as a result of acute febrile intercurrent disease, and many attempts have been made to produce such an acute febrile reaction by artificial means, with a view to improving the mental condition thereby.

Type
Clinical Notes and Cases
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1924 

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