THE VISUAL FIELDS IN HYSTERIA: A CLINICAL STUDY OF FIFTY CASES

The majority of systematic writers on hysteria assert that the most common ocular stigma of this neurosis is a concentrically contracted field of vision. From time to time, however, suggestions have been made intimating the possibility of error in this statement. As my experience seems rather to agree with the minority, I determined to tabulate a relatively small number of cases, the records of which were complete, and present conclusions from this series alone. The results here obtained, however, agree with the findings in a much larger number of cases, the records of which are too incomplete for publication.Whether the lesion in hysteria be central or peripheral, whether due to anesthesia of the retina, or entirely a matter of suggestion, is not to be considered in this paper.The cases are all from the neurological or ophthalmological clinic in the University of Michigan. Dr.