A Histological Study of a Series of Cases of Acute Dementia Præcox

Abstract

During the last few years at Rainhill Mental Hospital, an investigation has been carried out into the clinical and pathological features of dementia præcox in its so-called acute or malignant form. A description of the characteristic clinical features and of the gross morbid anatomy was presented in a previous article in this Journal (4), but it may be of advantage to re-state the conclusions arrived at in this preliminary inquiry.