Application of a new rating scale of brain dysfunction to monitoring rehabilitation in 65 patients with severe head injury.

Sixty-five patients with severe head injury sustained in motor vehicle accidents (MVA) are the subject of the prospective investigation. For assessment of results of a particular treatment, planning of long-range management and predicting the outcome in terms of employment or of self-care, it is essential to monitor sequentially the progress of recovery. A comprehensive semiquantitative rating Scale g was developed and its application during repeated examinations demonstrated.

Changes in brain weights during the span of human life: relation of brain weights to body heights and body weights.

More than 20,000 autopsy reports from several general hospitals were surveyed for the purpose of selecting brains without a pathological lesion that had been weighed in the fresh condition. From this number, 2,773 males and 1,963 females were chosen for whom body weight, body height, and cause of death had been recorded. The data were segregated into 23 age groups ranging from birth to 86+ years and subjected to statistical evaluation.