TABLE IX.--_Showing Effects of Treatment by the Bromides in Epilepsy in Recent and Chronic Cases. 1. Under 1 Year; 2. From 1 to 5 Years; 3. From 5 to 10 Years; 4. Over 10 Years._
Average Average Number No. number number attacks of attacks attacks during Case. per month per month last 6 _before_ _after_ months of treatment. treatment. treatment.
1 600 60 -- 2 60 6 -- 3 8 -- 3 4 5 0 0 5 4 -- 2 6 4 2 -- 7 2 -- 1 8 2 -- 1 9 2 -- 2
1 600 5 -- 2 240 90 -- 3 180 60 -- 4 90 3 -- 5 30 -- 2 6 30 -- 8 7 30 12 -- 8 16 -- 8 9 12 3 -- 10 8 0 0 11 150 7 -- 12 8 2 -- 13 6 1 -- 14 4 -- 1 15 2 -- 1 16 2 -- 2 17 1 0 0 18 1 0 0 19 1 -- 1 20 1 1 -- 21 1 150 --
1 450 12 -- 2 300 3 -- 3 900 60 -- 4 90 9 -- 5 60 1 -- 6 30 4 -- 7 16 2 -- 8 8 -- 4 9 8 -- 3 10 8 1 -- 11 4 1 -- 12 3 1 -- 13 1 -- 1 14 1 -- 1 15 1 -- 2
1 150 1 -- 2 120 3 -- 3 120 120 -- 4 70 20 -- 5 60 90 -- 6 16 -- 4 7 12 -- 4 8 8 4 -- 9 5 -- 5 10 1 0 0 11 1 0 0 12 1 -- 4
In this table we observe very singular results in the treatment of this remarkable disease. In most ailments, the longer they have existed and the more chronic they are, the more difficult and imperfect is the prospect of recovery. This does not appear to hold good in the case of epilepsy. For when we analyze the above table we find that the results, on an average, are as satisfactory in those cases in which the disease has existed over ten years as in those which began less than one year before the patient came under observation. For example, we find in section 4 of Table IX. 12 cases in which epilepsy had existed for over ten years prior to treatment; of these, in 2 the attacks were completely arrested, in 1 there was no improvement, in 1 the attacks were increased, and in the remainder the seizures were as beneficially modified as in the other sections. Thus it would seem that we are not to be deterred from treating cases of epilepsy, however chronic they may be, as the results appear to be as good in modifying the attacks in old, as in recent cases.
TABLE X.--_Showing Effects of Treatment by the Bromides in Epilepsy--1. In Healthy Persons; 2. In Diseased Persons._
Average Average Number No. number number attacks of attacks attacks during Case. per month per month last 6 _before_ _after_ months of treatment. treatment. treatment.