Blood Poison And Insanity

While the fullest credit should be given to the staff oí this important institution (the State Institute of Pathology), it is but fair to state that the study of toxaemia in connection with insanity ia by no means a novelty, nor is it the dlscovery of the enterprising young gentlemen (connected with that establishment) who have been credited therewith. Over a decade ago Salomón, Regís and others recognized the toxic origin of mental dlsea9e, while no less than ten others, among them Herter and Smith, have written extensively on the subject. Perhaps most credit should be glven to Dr. Alian McLane Hamilton, whose paper on "Autotoxis as a Cause of Insanity" was read before the Medical Society of London in May last, and noticed in your London letter a short time subsequently. In this paper, which contained much original research, the connection between toxaemia and insanity was fully shown. -