Vol XXIII, No 1-2 (1916)

There are rather meager indications in the literature about the relation of the splanchnic nerves to the urinary bladder. Zeissl recognizes the existence of motor fibers in these nerves, since he was able to cause bladder contractions by stimulating the large abdominal nerves. Which way these fibers reach the bladder is left unclear by the author; he could only make sure that after the two-sided cutting of n. n. hypogastrici and erigentes, that is, after cutting all the motor nerves of the bladder, irritation of the splanchnic nerves ceased to have an effect.

Since the systemic observations of Redlich in the Vagner clinic, who stated in almost half of all cases of genuin epilepsy the presence of focal symptoms in the form of minor hemiparesis, hemianesthesia, differences in skin and tendon reflexes on both sides, etc., a number of reputable scientists, who conducted their research in this direction, subjected to thorough criticism and doubt, the previously recognized sharp distinction between organic and genuine epilepsy.

The word "contusion" (contusio) means - blow, bruise. In the good old days, during the wars of the “times of the Ochakovskys and the conquest of the Crimea”, fragments of the round core often bruised, not injuring, but causing only bruises and bruises. Modern artillery technology has created completely new illnesses and diseases. The study of these morbid phenomena is, of course, not yet complete, but certain considerations must be given wide publicity for further verification and testing.

In the Saratov psychiatric hospital for 20 years there has been a patient H, A. V-ov, a paranoid person with a university education, a former teacher of a gymnasium and a pro-gymnasium. Throughout his stay in the hospital, he expresses delusions of persecution and delusions of grandeur, suffers from auditory hallucinations.

The endocrine glands play an enormous role in the life of the organism in general and in its neuropsychic activity in particular. The glands are in a certain interaction with each other (chemical correlation), their secrets mutually reinforce each other or neutralize; thus, the loss of one of these organs (resp. secrets) from the system or a change in their activity leads, in addition to the loss of a function specific to this organ, to a certain change in the entire system. The clinic gives us a whole series of examples confirming the propositions worked out by physiology.

In Moscow, in the premises of the 1st Red Cross Hospital for mentally ill soldiers, the final exams of the first courses of sisters of mercy for the care of mentally ill soldiers were held. Courses opened two months ago. The courses were taken by women with education not lower than average. Particular attention was paid to the practical training of future sisters of mercy. The head of the courses was Privatdozent of Moscow University, Doctor of Medicine A. L. Lyubushin

Chairperson: V.P. Pervushin, secretaries: M.S. Malinovsky and S.U. Steinberg. In attendance: prof. Gruzdev, prof. Nikolaev, Chirkovsky, Horizontov, Favorsky, Khitrovo, Goryaev, Idelson, Donskov, Klyachkin, Dyakonov, Dyakonov, Semon, Barukh and Berkutov.

The chairman opened the meeting with a proposal to discuss the issue of providing medical assistance to refugees, the wave of which had reached the city of Kazan.