It is clear that we live more intimately with the world of viruses than was previously realized and many of them are now known to attack the central nervous system. The resulting syndromes are described as meningitis, meningo-encephalitis, and encephalomyelitis, according to the pathology which tends to predominate, but there is a continuum among these pathological forms and mixed states are common. (41 pp.)
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For this chapter, hospitals shall be considered as parts of a system and, for purposes of perspective, something of the history of the development of these facilities will be considered. Then the effects of advances in treatment techniques, the administrative responses to new problems and conditions, and the impact of newer fiscal and legal developments and the effect that they have had on the structure and function of the psychiatric hospitals generally will be considered. Finally, the situation with respect to several types of psychiatric hospitals will be reviewed. (46 pp.)
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