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The Source of Excitation in Late Rigidity, The Manic-Depressive Syndrome and the Epilepsies, and the Mechanism of Recurrency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

G. Dunlop Robertson
G. Dunlop Robertson*
Affiliation:
Lanark District Asylum, Hartwood, Lanarkshire
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The writers of text-books do not give us much aid in gaining a true idea of the cause of “late” rigidity—rather the reverse, for they seem to think it necessary, always, to drag in “decerebrate” rigidity as an essential preliminary towards understanding the factors in the case.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 76 , Issue 315 , October 1930 , pp. 677 - 691
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1930 

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