Vol XXIII, No 3-4 (1916)

Among a number of functional changes observed in traumatic neuroses, the disorder in the respiratory rhythm and the shortness of breath associated with this, which is very painful for patients, attract attention.

Changes in the frequency of the pulse and respiration in traumatic neuroses are, as observations show, a constant phenomenon. This could also be seen from the exceptionally extensive material provided by the present war.

The alopecia group is of great interest from the point of view of pathogenesis. As you know, by this time the clinic, heads. arr., dermatological distinguishes several types of hair atrophy: alopecia cengenita and acquired alopecia, which in turn is divided into several subspecies: alopecia furfuracea, alopecia senilis, alopecia praematura, alopecia sympthomatica (Joseph 1). Dermatology in the division and treatment of the question of alopecia approaches him, chapters. arr., from the point of view of morphological features, partly the course of the process in connection with etiology.

On November 24-27, 1916, a meeting of representatives of public organizations, departments and psychiatrists was held in Petrograd, convened in accordance with the decisions of the Main Committees of the Zemsky and City Unions. The meeting discussed the issues of organizing charity for mentally ill soldiers, dismissed from service and other persons involved in the war.

Presided over by prof. Darkshevich, members of the Society were present: Pervushin, Favorsky, Skuridin, Idelson, Steinberg, Donskov.

1. O. Darkshevich opened the meeting with a speech dedicated to the memory of Il. Il. Mechnikov. He pointed out that his death came in the midst of the struggle with the German coalition, the struggle of Russia, which Mechnikov dearly loved, despite living in a foreign country. In turn, the homeland honored him—his arrival in Russia during the plague epidemic was a complete triumph. Many societies have elected him an honorary member, the Society of Neurologists and Psychiatrists among them.

A rich library was delivered to the Psychiatric Clinic of Moscow University, bequeathed to the clinic by the late pr. Petrograd University S. A. Sukhanov (Psycho-Neurological Bulletin, No. 1).

Presided over by prof. Darkshevich. Members of the O-va were present: Pervushin, Klyachkin, Steinberg and Skuridin.

Report Andreev read the report: "A case of surgically treated partial epilepsy." The speaker pointed out that the view of the old authors on a strict distinction between genuine epilepsy and organic epilepsy has long been criticized (systemic observations of Redlich, Pierre-Marie, Cramer).