RT Journal
T1 II trattamento delle sindromi parkinsoniane postencefalitiche con le radici di atropa belladonna
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD July 29
VO 113
IS 5
SP 446
OP 446
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800300076032
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800300076032
AB This is a monograph on the treatment of the postencephalitic parkinsonian syndrome with the root of atropine (belladonna). The first and second chapters deal with true Parkinson's disease and the parkinsonian syndrome of postencephalitis, the third with the therapy of the postencephalitic parkinsonian syndrome, and the fourth and fifth with the need of treatment and the progressive nature of this affliction. The author believes that hospital management is essential in the first few months of treatment. A detailed plan is given regarding the preparation of the belladonna root. Both Bulgarian and Italian belladonna roots were used. There is a complete bibliography on this form of treatment and, interestingly, all the contributors are from Italy. This monograph is recommended to all neurologists.