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Observations in Electrically-Produced Epileptic Convulsions

Part I. Tonic Neck and Labyrinthine Reflexes upon the Eyes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

R. Klein
Affiliation:
Bristol Mental Hospital
D. F. Early
Affiliation:
Bristol Mental Hospital

Extract

The pattern of the epileptiform fit produced by electric shock treatment is fairly uniform and constant. The four stages of the fit—the preconvulsive, tonic, clonic and post-convulsive phases—are characteristically expressed in postures and movements of eyes and head in each phase.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1948 

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