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Case No. 68.
F. 39. Onset 15/1/26.
Patient was quite alright up to the middle of January, 1923,
when the neighbour noticed that she looked very strange (vacant)
She used to say she coud not see the neighbour properly, and turn
her head away. Used never to go out without speaking to neighbour,
but lately had not done so, which was a most unusual state of
affairs. She became very uneven in temper. During the middle of
February her condition altered for the worse, was very poorly all
day and her head ached terribly. She complained that she could
not see properly, and staring at anything made her giddy. For a
week or two before this stated that she could see two of everything
when she was reading, but there was no complaint of diplopia otherwise.
Also said she felt a bit funny lately. Went to the doctor,
and completely collapsed on her return, trembling all over. The
neighbour said in describing it that she had never seen anything
like it in such a short time. This apparently resulted from the
fact that the doctor had told her that she had got Encephalitis, and
must go home and go to bed at once. She apparently fainted when
she got upstairs, and was more or less unconscious save for short
intervals, for a week. The main symtoms which developed were
lethargy, mask like face, insomnia, loss of appetite, giddiness, and
she also developed athetosis, plucking at the bedclothes, definite
intention tremors, with a certain amount of tremor at rest. Recovery
was slow, the patient complaining of headaches and
difficulty in walking. Daughter of case No. 53.
When last seen (14/6/26) patient was still complaining of
black specks in front of her eyes, and if she is walking along and
meets anyone, she describes it as though their face was one blank.
She still feels very weak and has to lie down, as her back is so bad.
The only work she is capable of is dusting out a room, and
cooking.