Among a number of functional changes observed in traumatic neuroses, the disorder in the respiratory rhythm and the shortness of breath associated with this, which is very painful for patients, attract attention.

Traumatic neurosis and psycho-neurosis, in the words of Professor L. O. Darkshevich, are of interest and value of the moment, since never before have we encountered such a huge amount of material regarding damage to various organs as in this war. The nervous system is, of course, no exception here. Not only that, it is also damaged in the main.

Changes in the frequency of the pulse and respiration in traumatic neuroses are, as observations show, a constant phenomenon. This could also be seen from the exceptionally extensive material provided by the present war.

Description in 1892 by Bekhterev of a special clinical form of spinal disease and its considerations regarding the mechanism, etiology and pathogenesis of stiffness contributed to the fact that neuropathologists paid special attention to this form, and many observations of it appeared, more clinical than pathoanatomical in nature.

The alopecia group is of great interest from the point of view of pathogenesis. As you know, by this time the clinic, heads. arr., dermatological distinguishes several types of hair atrophy: alopecia cengenita and acquired alopecia, which in turn is divided into several subspecies: alopecia furfuracea, alopecia senilis, alopecia praematura, alopecia sympthomatica (Joseph 1). Dermatology in the division and treatment of the question of alopecia approaches him, chapters. arr., from the point of view of morphological features, partly the course of the process in connection with etiology.

The question of the incidence of Jews, the so-called pathology of the Jews, has recently attracted the attention of both demographers and doctors. In Berlin, even a special journal "Zeitsshrift für Demographie und Statistik der luden" has been published for a long time, in which a lot of space is devoted specifically to the pathology of the Jews.

If the matter of accounting for mental illness in connection with wartime had been set up correctly from the very beginning of the war, if the registration of this group of patients had been concentrated in one unifying institution, if, finally, the statistical material had been processed in a timely and appropriate manner, then the solution of the question posed and while with sufficient accuracy it would not present great difficulties.

On November 24-27, 1916, a meeting of representatives of public organizations, departments and psychiatrists was held in Petrograd, convened in accordance with the decisions of the Main Committees of the Zemsky and City Unions. The meeting discussed the issues of organizing charity for mentally ill soldiers, dismissed from service and other persons involved in the war.

A rich library was delivered to the Psychiatric Clinic of Moscow University, bequeathed to the clinic by the late pr. Petrograd University S. A. Sukhanov (Psycho-Neurological Bulletin, No. 1).

Presided over by prof. Darkshevich. Members of the O-va were present: Pervushin, Klyachkin, Steinberg and Skuridin.

Report Andreev read the report: "A case of surgically treated partial epilepsy." The speaker pointed out that the view of the old authors on a strict distinction between genuine epilepsy and organic epilepsy has long been criticized (systemic observations of Redlich, Pierre-Marie, Cramer).

Presided over by prof. Darkshevich, members of the Society were present: Pervushin, Favorsky, Skuridin, Idelson, Steinberg, Donskov.

1. O. Darkshevich opened the meeting with a speech dedicated to the memory of Il. Il. Mechnikov. He pointed out that his death came in the midst of the struggle with the German coalition, the struggle of Russia, which Mechnikov dearly loved, despite living in a foreign country. In turn, the homeland honored him—his arrival in Russia during the plague epidemic was a complete triumph. Many societies have elected him an honorary member, the Society of Neurologists and Psychiatrists among them.

Presided over by prof. Darkshevich, members of the Society were present: Pervushin, Favorsky, Skuridin, Idelson, Steinberg, Donskov.

1. O. Darkshevich opened the meeting with a speech dedicated to the memory of Il. Il. Mechnikov. He pointed out that his death came in the midst of the struggle with the German coalition, the struggle of Russia, which Mechnikov dearly loved, despite living in a foreign country. In turn, the homeland honored him—his arrival in Russia during the plague epidemic was a complete triumph. Many societies have elected him an honorary member, the Society of Neurologists and Psychiatrists among them.