Blood Coagulation Time in the Insane

Abstract

BLOOD COAGULATION TIME IN THE INSANt. rmLD'CALJCl.RE777 SU ,IMAIIY. 1. Strep)tococci w"ere foutnd in tlle vagina before) and after delivery in 68 per ceint. of the cases examined. The-y miay therefore he regarded as anmong the normal flora of the part.2. -Haemolytic streptococci were onily founid twice in the examination of 108 vaYginal swabs. Strel). p)yogencs w"ais iever found.3. The predomwinant iion-haemolytic streptococci of the vagnina were Str-e. fItecallis and Strep. uitis.4. Non-hacm1a olvtic streptococci were present in th' 1)ostp 1un uterutis in at least 20 per cent. of the cases examliied.VW'e hesitate to draw anv conclusions fromn ouir finidinlgs, but we suggest the followinig withlout wishing to dogmnatize.1 Of the whole 117 cases, 63 gave coagulation times ovei the niormlial in sane patients. Of 10 cases of haematomz anunis, 7 gave coagulation' times above the normal. Whilh tllese were the general riesults, it was noted that in 1I cases the tinme was six miniutes, andl 11 of these cases werc maniia. Oni tlle other hanid, 14 cases gave a time undei four miinutes, and 10 of these weere cases of dementia.For