ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND in 



was normal. Under i grains of ant. pit. twice 

 daily, the attacks became fewer and have now 

 ceased for more than a month. 



Another man, aged 63, with very imperfect 

 genital development (as a child he was brought 

 up as a girl), has had frequent epileptic attacks 

 since childhood. Under 60 grams of bromide 

 daily he held on fairly well, but was gradually 

 getting depressed and peevish, and the fits were 

 becoming more frequent. Two months ago I put 

 him on to pitglandin, 3 grains daily, and we 

 halved his bromide. He now often goes a week 

 without a fit. They are steadily lessening in 

 frequency and severity, and his altered mental 

 state is obvious to all. He is happy, contented, 

 and cheerful. I hope soon to wean him from 

 the bromide that he has taken for fifty years. 



The first three men had had no sign of epilepsy 

 previously. The mental condition of the three 

 has much improved, and their tempers also, 

 according to the family reports. 



It is quite safe to give larger doses than the 

 above, if necessary, for there seems to be no 

 toxic effect. 



Pituitrin has been found to intensify epilepsy ; 

 this is not surprising when one thinks of its 

 pressure-raising property. 



