IMAGINATION, Effects of, 79-81 Indigestion, 60-62 Infantile convulsions, 13 ——­ ——­, relation of to epilepsy, 13 ——­ ——­, Treatment of, 13 Inhibitory cells of brain, 20, 21 Injuries to brain as cause of epilepsy, 21 Insanity in relation to dissociation of consciousness, 11 ——­ ——­ epilepsy, 16 Insomnia See “Sleeplessness” Intestinal worms, 102 Iron preparations, 95

  JACKSONIAN epilepsy, 7, 8, 9
  Janet on consciousness in hysteria, 40
  Jones on the religious sentiment in neuropaths, 106, 107

  KING’S evil, The, 86

  LA ROCHEFOUCAULD on health and regimen, 65
  Lecithin, 96
  Lieberkuhn’s glands, 57, 58
  Life, in relation to tissue change, 58
  Locock’s introduction of bromides for epilepsy, 86

MACHINE, The human, 71, 72 Malt extracts, 93 Marriage, 131-139 ——­ and neuropathy, 122, 131, 132 ——­ of neuropaths should be childless, 134, 135 Mastication, Importance of thorough, 61 Masturbation, 110-112 ——­, Effects of, 111, 112 ——­ in relation to epilepsy, 16, 22, 114 ——­ ——­ neurasthenia, 38 Meals, Number and time of, 64 Meat extracts, 93 ——­ juices, Value of, 64 ——­, Moderation in its use necessary, 65 Memory in epilepsy, 17 ——­, its subconscious basis, 10 Mendel’s law of inheritance, 120, 121 Menopause in relation to neurasthenia, 31 Menstruation, Disordered, in neurasthenia, 33 ——­ in relation to epilepsy, 17, 22 Mental attitude of neurasthenics, 33-38 ——­ fatigue in neurasthenia, 33, 34 Mercier on the characteristics of the neuropath, 128-130 Mind in relation to consciousness, 10 Moral cowardice in relation to neurasthenia, 38 Morbus comitialis, 2 Motor cells of brain, 20, 21 Murder as manifestation of mental epilepsy, 10

NARCOTICS, Use and abuse of, 78 Nervous child, Training of the, 98-108 ——­ dyspepsia, 60 ——­ ——­, Diet in, 65 Neurasthenia, 30-38 ——­ and hysteria contrasted, 41 ——­, Causes of, 31, 32, 41 ——­, Course and outlook in, 38, 41 ——­ in relation to epilepsy, 35 ——­ ——­ self abuse, 16, 38 ——­, Sexual, 38 ——­, Symptoms of, 32-38, 41 Neuropath, The, his need of a wife, 132 Neuropathic children, Characteristics of, 98, 99 ——­ ——­, Diet of, 100-102 ——­ ——­, Education of 99, 100 ——­ ——­, Moral training of, 102-106 Neuropaths, Advice to, 46-52 ——­, Mental characteristics of, 126-130 Neuropathy in relation to marriage, 122, 131-139 ——­, The only way to eradicate, 121 Night terrors, 105 Nitroglycerine to check the epileptic aura, 25, 26 Nose, Care of the, 54

OPISTHOTONOS, 43 Optimism, Value of, 80 Osler on age-incidence of epilepsy, 18 ——­ ——­ the use of medicines, 93

PALPITATION during use of bromides, 87 ——­ in neurasthenia, 33 Parentage in relation to inherited qualities, 119, 120 Patent medicines, 90-97 ——­ ——­ and the dyspeptic, 60, 62 ——­ ——­ ——­ ——­ neurasthenic, 36 ——­ ——­, explanation of their benefit, 80 Pepsin, 94 Petit mal, 5, 6 ——­ ——­ in