Miscellaneous neurological conditions.

Roll J - Miscellaneous. The following titles and description is taken from the Institute of Neurology cinefilm catalogue. "Blepharospasm: Five patients with spasm causing eyelid closure are illustrated. The association with excessive blinking and the effect on gait are also shown (3 min.) / Grasp reflex: The film illustrates the elicitation of the grasp reflex in the hand and in the toes (3 min.) / Writer's cramp: A film of two patients showing the abnormal posture of the hand and intense spasm of the muscles during writing. A similar trouble in a guitarist is also included (5 min.) / Disorders of breathing: Two examples are shown: a patient with multiple sclerosis who developed apneustic breathing and a patient with paralysis of the diaphragm causing paradoxical movement of the abdominal wall (6 min.) / Acute phenytoin intoxication: A man of 26 years with epilepsy who became dysarthric and ataxic on 500 mg. of phenytoin daily. This produced a serum level of 200 umol/1 (normal up to 80) (2 min.) / Drug induced dyskinesia: Two cases of dyskinesia are shown. One was due to phenothiazines; in the second case a wide variety of drugs had been given (2 min.) / Neurology of the face: Short clips of unilateral Bell's Palsy, bilateral facial palsy, hemifacial spasm, focal epilepsy myoclonus, myokymia, blepharospasm and facial dyspraxia are shown (6 min.)"