TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC HEADACHE BY INSUFFLATION OF AIR 1 )

Two years ago, H t tlie k’ifth (longress of Scaiitliimvian Neilrologists in Stockholm, Professor 2Morwrcrl-Krolm2) itieiitioiietl Nome cases of post-cornniotional headache which he hat1 tried to treat by iiieans of lumbar puncture. Later on, reports on experinients nlong the smile lirie Iiilvt. appeaiwl from otlier qiiarters, showing favourable results. 2Cfo)ai*nd,-Krolin pointed out that oiie of tlie difficulties us to passing ail opinion aboni the results of the treatment was the fact that in many cases an action for compensation is pending :tiid thus it is impossible to infer that the treatment lius Iiad ii iiegative result so long as there is the chance that the neuposis rriay arise from pecuniary interest. I tried the treatrrient in ;itmiit ten cdses ant1 can show rlecidcclly favoiirahle i*esiilts i i i four of them. The first case is a 51-year old tiinner who iiiet with a rnotoiscar accident about a year ago, causing concussion of the brain (commotio cerebri). He showed the typical symptoms of a traumatic nenrosiis arising from trauma of the skull, with headache,