DREDGING

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 420, 1 February 1909, Page 10

DREDGING

(nr TiHGßirn—riiEss 'issboiATioN.) Dunedin, January 31 Dodging returns Mudlj Creek, 33ozs 18di\ts , Moljneux Hjdnuhc, Bozs 16dwtb

■ Master . Willie Vanderbilt, -.. aged seven, celebrated, on November 25, - the saddest ■bi.nhday. of- his life, for he. received no m h ti fath6r for a million ■ dollars' -(£2UO 000) boy, is the" only son of 'Mr., Alfred G. Vanderbilt, wh.ose ; wife se-' curedv/i'idiyorce several months'ago. On every. roAe'; 0f..; his previous birthdays his father-has.presented him with a million dollars, ;but this yew Mr. Vanderbilt was away 1 motoring; in' the West, and did: not add a' seventh to the .millions that have> gone before. Instead, the boy'received an infant's motor-car. \' ' " ■'■ :-, , : '•■.-•■ The fact.tliatVepiieptics.'who are deprived of common salt, are more sensitive'to the action of bromides—-\vliich are so largely relied on for' treatment :iil 'such cases—has been often' noticed. - :Drs. ..Jules-.' Courmont and .Gremieu have, tried- ; th'o; combined treatme'nt.rora young epileptic whose'crises occurred.every ten- days at,-least:. ..'Four'grammes of bromide :per. diem; with:.,a.;coiiiplete absence 1 of- salt from'.- thefdietj: caused .an", absolute cessation of/the crises for tne-;3ff days during which, the 'treatment' lasted;: ; The : ' cessation of the attacks was,; however, accompanied by a'grave nervous condition-'characterised by delirium and suicidal impulse/ iwliioh passed away with the addition, of salt to the diet. The'mental phenomena were/ complex and corresponded neither ■■ delirium nor to-bromide intoxication;..'■. The patient, on becoming calm, had'perfect recbllection'of all .that had happened.in : the,delirious'stage.