[Delusions and dreams during resuscitation].

S. Freud in his "Metapsychological supplement to the theory of dreams" considers dreams and Meynert's "Amentia" as a "Hallucinatory-wishful psychosis". After investigation in resuscitation units and reading of the "Amentia", it seems that this designation by a respectful master of Freud refers to pathological states identical to the ones we observe nowadays with patients getting out of coma.

[Vertebro-dural arteriovenous fistulae of the foramen magnum with perimedullary venous drainage].

Two cases of dural arteriovenous fistulae of the foramen magnum with perimedullary venous drainage are reported. Their arterial component was a dural branch of a vertebral artery. The localization and the origin of these fistulae appeared very uncommon but could be explained by the embryogenesis of the vertebral arteries, of which the third portion corresponds to the first cervical radicular artery.

Treatment of syringomyelia by syringo-peritoneal shunt.

Syringomyelic cavitation of various origins (excluding tumour) has been treated by syringo-peritoneal shunting (SPS) in 10 patients. The main clinical and radiological symptoms are reviewed and postoperative results evaluated; among the symptoms, pain is the most likely to improve after surgery. But the global outcome in the majority of cases remains unchanged, some patients showing neurological deterioration.

[The use of electrical transcutaneous nerve stimulations in chronic pain. Method and preliminary results in 28 cases (author's transl)].

The analgesic effect of conventional transcutaneous nerve stimulation has been studied in 29 patients, all having a chronic pain caused by peripheral neurological disease. As already reported in the literature half of patients were improved on a short-term basis. Long-term improvement was observed mainly in patients with traumatic nerve lesions; such cases, thus appear to be the best indication for this method.