THE WERNICKE SYNDROME: With Special Reference to Manic Syndromes Associated with Hypothalamic Lesions

THE following study is based upon five complete cases of Wernicke's syndrome. In only one case was there a history of alcoholism; two of the sub-jects suffered from pernicious anemia; one gave a history of hyperemesis gravidarum, and the last of gastric carcinoma. In two further cases, the one of alcoholism and the other of pernicious anxmia, no complete investigation could be carried out; it is known, however, that both these patients had Korsakow's psychosis and in both the mammillary bodies were found to be severely affected. The occurrence of the Wernicke Syndrome in all these conditions is now a recognized fact