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Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1912. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... slight spasmodic twitchings of the left arm, accompanied by a sensation of spasmodic contraction of his heart, appear about once in four to six weeks, when he is about to leave his bed. He adds, that these symptoms have more and more lessened in frequency as well as in intensity. His report of October, 1910, reads: My general condition is excellent. I am engaged in my strenuous business all day long. Only once in about every four to six weeks I still perceive upon awakening, in the morning, a spasmodic sensation which is confined to the heart; it lasts about half a minute. These sensations are getting to be rarer, however, and they are of milder character. My memory is good. My intellect is normal and not weakened. Since my operation (eight years ago) I have not used any form of treatment. I am happy over my recovery. My three years old little daughter is mentally as well as physically a perfectly well-developed child. Results of Cortical Excisions Disturbances of Motility and Sensibility The primary spasming centres, that were located by means of electrical irritations and then excised, were of small dimensions only. My excisions rarely exceeded a width of 24, a length of 30, and a depth of from 5 to 8 mm. After cortical excisions there usually appear certain manifestations the intensity of which increases for a time and then diminishes again. Where the excisions did not comprise large cortical sections, the paralyses and sensory disturbances adjust themselves more or less in the course of days, weeks, or perhaps months--some sooner, others later. They do not disappear, however, completely. In some instances there remain deficiencies in the execution of finer movements. It is consoling to note that in cases of cerebral infantile paralysis, in which the cortic...
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