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The articles published by the Annals of Eugenics (1925–1954) have been made available online as an historical archive intended for scholarly use. The work of eugenicists was often pervaded by prejudice against racial, ethnic and disabled groups. The online publication of this material for scholarly research purposes is not an endorsement of those views nor a promotion of eugenics in any way.

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SUMMARY A series of 25 in‐patients and out‐patients with predominantly temporal lobe epilepsy were treated with sulthiame alone or in combination with their previous anticonvulsant medication. About half showed improvement particularly those with fits in association with menstruation. Sulthiame is rarely effective alone. Side‐effects are common, especially dyspnoea and status epilepticus is a complication. Contra‐indications to the use of this drug are renal disease and a previous history of status. RÉSUMÉ Une série de 25 malades hospitalisés et ambulants atteints d'épilepsie du lobe temporal principalement ont été traités par du sulthiame seul ou en combinaison avec leur traitement anticonvulsif antérieur. La moitié d'entre eux à peu près et particulièrement les personnes dont les accès se produisaient en combinaison avec la menstruation, ont manifesté de l'amélioration. Le sulthiame employé seul est rarement efficace. Les symptômes secondaires sont fréquents, surtout dyspnée et état de mal sont une complication. Une affection rénale ou les symptômes préliminaires d'un état de mal sont des contraindications à l'emploi de ce médicament.

Attitudes to the treatment of the pre-school child today stem very largely from the mainstream traditions in classical child psychiatry, the most powerful of which is still probably psychoanalysis. Recent articles (e.g. Freud, 1966; Frommer, 1967; Bentovim and Boston, 1973) describing treatment units for very young children exemplify very clearly the influence of these traditions and illustrate the difficulty of breaking new ground in conceptualizing treatment procedures. It will be the purpose of this paper to take issue with such traditions, and to argue that it is time for a new look at pre-school child psychiatry.