| Hemiplegia in | 6.6 per cent. |
| Paralysis of seventh nerve in | 1.1 per cent. |
| Impediment of speech in | 1.1 per cent. |
| Cicatrix over sciatic nerve in | 1.1 per cent. |
| Idiot in | 1.1 per cent. |
| Anæmia in | 5.5 per cent. |
| Phthisis in | 2.2 per cent. |
| Confirmed dyspepsia in | 1.1 per cent. |
From these details it is evident that epilepsy is not of necessity associated with impairment of the physical or mental health. On the contrary, we find that in 17.7 per cent. of the patients there was apparently no flaw of any kind in their constitutions, which were absolutely normal, with the exception of the periodic seizures. In no less than 75.5 per cent. was the general health good, and in 66.6 per cent. the patients were robust and vigorous. At the same time the health was markedly impaired in 24.4 per cent., and the sufferers were of delicate or weak habit in 33.3 per cent. The main fact, however, to be observed is that, in the majority of cases of epilepsy, the general health and vigour of the patient is not deteriorated. In the same way, the intellectual capacities are not of necessity affected. In 74.4 per cent. the intelligence is recorded as not seriously impaired; and in 41.1 per cent. the memory as good. On the other hand, the mental faculties were markedly deficient in 25.5 per cent.; the patients were dull and slow in 31.1 per cent.; and in more than half, or 58.8 per cent., was there evidence of loss of memory. Another frequent symptom is repeated and constant headache, which, in the present series of cases, existed in 41.1 per cent.
2.—Epilepsia Mitior.
This occurred altogether in 38 per cent. of the total number of cases. In these it occurred—
| By itself in | 26.3 per cent. |
| Associated with E. Gravior in | 73.6 per cent. |
In all, the usual characteristics of the petit mal presented themselves; there being temporary loss of consciousness, sometimes with slight spasms, but without true convulsion, biting of the tongue, &c.
Frequency of Attacks.—The rough average frequency of attacks, as estimated in the cases under consideration, was as follows:—
| 20 to 30 attacks per day in | 3.7 per cent. |
| 10 to 20 attacks per day in | 7.4 per cent. |
| 5 to 10 attacks per day in | 14.8 per cent. |
| 1 to 5 attacks per day in | 40.7 per cent. |
| 1 or more attacks per week in | 22.2 per cent. |
| 1 or more attacks per month in | 7.4 per cent. |
| At rarer intervals in | 3.7 per cent. |
Thus when epilepsia mitior exists, in the majority of cases the attacks are of daily occurrence.
Loss of consciousness, as ascertained in a series of cases, was