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behind right ear. Had a cold since Pertussis at Whitsun.
Appetite bad. P. 137. T. 103 degrees (lasted about three days).
22nd October—Saw elephants in one corner of room and twice
coming out of the pictures. Either crying or laughing. No diplopia.
23rd October—Had attacks of sobbing and laughing. 4 straight
off. Trembling attack lasted an hour. Roars of laughter, saw
elephants in the wall paper. Would not be left in room alone.
Heart, lungs and abdomen, knee jerks, plantar reflexes, and
eyes, all normal. No nystagmus.
25th October—Much better. Slept well for two nights.
Seemed quite himself. No laughing or crying attacks. P. 72.
No nystagmus.
28th October—Looked bright. Talked brightly. Sat up.
Eating better. Dirty tongue. P. 76. Marked nystagmus R & L.
Pupils large
1st November—Sleeping and eating well. Dirty tongue.
Perspiring at night.
The boy was in bed for 6 weeks. No paralysis. The after
result was that the child became very exciteable and nervous, very
frightened of trams and buses which he was not before. He wanted
to be nursed some part of the day, and could not bear his mother
going from one room to another. Went round the room lifting
chairs for no purpose. More disobedient. Slept very badly.
Spiteful—suddenly hit the baby or snatched things out of her hand.
His mother stated he was "not the same child as before." When
seen by the Officers of the Ministry he sat in a chair, his posture
being like that of a paralysis agitans (January, 1926).
After this he improved considerably and in April, 1926, had
a kind of relapse in that he became more troublesome, spiteful and
disobedient, and again started purposeless actions as instanced by
moving the chairs repeatedly.
Recovery not complete.