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intelligence, particularly memory, is frequently lowered. One of the 

 most constant symptoms is hypertrophy of the pituitary body. There 

 is often some abnoxmal enlargement of the sympathic nervous system. 

 The disease is obviously closely related with Myxcedema from which 

 it is distinguished by the following points : 



Both sexes are about equally affected ; it begins most frequently 

 between the ages of twenty and forty; bones are always enlarged; the 

 face is oval or elliptical ; the ends of the fingers are of the same size 

 as the base (not club-shaped); the skin is yellowish, wrinkled, and 

 hairy (not puffy and shiny.) 



Up to the present time the disease remains incurable. A full 

 bibliography accompanies the article. 



Ear Operations. 



The report on this subject by Dr. E. B. Dench is unusually full 

 and contains admirable digests of the recent work. 



The Emotions, The Physiological and Psychopliysical Basis of. 



A rather abstruse paper by C. L. Herrick, editor of this Journal. 



The Care of Epileptics. 



A very interesting paper by Dr. Frederick Peterson, an authority 

 on the subject, who makes a plea for a more rational attempt to provide 

 for such unfortunates conditions suitable to their peculiar state. The 

 proportion of epileptics who are insane is shown to be small (less than 

 ten per cent.), and very many are entirely able to fill positions of use- 

 fulness, except for the occasional seizures. Epileptic colonies have 

 proven efficient in providing for the adjustment to these conditions, 

 and association, so far from increasing, rather diminishes the number 

 of seizures. Out of door employment and all manner of trades and 

 avocations are provided, as also means of amusement. We failed to 

 notice any allusion to the effect such social seggregation might be ex- 

 pected to have upon the hereditary propagation of the disease — a 

 point worthy of careful attention. Embracing, by implication at 

 least, among the epileptics such names as Handel, Moliere, Petrarch, 

 C^sar, Napoleon, Mahomet and St. Paul, it is little wonder that the 

 author finds a place for the class. 



Heredity. 



The article on this subject by Professor H. F. Osborn is essen- 

 tially a revision of the third Cartwright Lecture before the Alumni of 



