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During October-November 1935, I had the opportunity to observe a number of cases of acute spontaneous infectious damage to the nervous system. The clinical picture in my cases was typical and presented no difficulties in diagnostic terms. The current was also typical. The interesting thing is that these cases were observed for a very short period of time, in the form of an outbreak. In addition, some cases represent the cerebellar localization of encephalitis. This form, judging by the literature data and my personal experience, is relatively rare. Even with acute multiple diseases of the nervous system such as encephalomyelitis, where we have many lesions in various parts of the brain and spinal cord, foci in the cerebellum are not so common. All the more rare are cases where we have an isolated or sharply predominant lesion of the cerebellum by an encephalitic process.

The first attempt at treating neuroses with microdoses of bromine belongs to Birman and Siegel. In 10 cases of neurasthenia, these authors used 1/2% bromine solution, 1 tablespoon, 2 times a day, for 3-5 weeks, and in almost all cases received positive results. Subsequently, Weinberg and Birman tested this method of treatment on a larger number of patients at a dosage of bromine of 0.25% and sometimes 0.1%, and of 31 cases of neurasthenia, they obtained a positive result in 28 cases. The therapeutic effect was absent or insignificant in 3 cases of neurasthenia, in 1 case with reactive depression and in 8 cases of constitutional hysteria.