Parkinsonism.

Roll M - Hysteria. The following titles and description is taken from the Institute of Neurology cinefilm catalogue. "Parkinsonism: Four cases of Parkinsonism of varying degress of severity are shown. Emphasis is upon their gait and their ability, despite tremor, to perform skilled movements with their hands reasonably well. The film was compiled by Dr. T. Fowler (7 min.) / Gait in Parkinsonism: A film made by Dr. J. Purdon Martin illustrating the difficulty with gait frequently encountered in Parkinsonism. The film illustrates in a dramatic fashion how the difficulty may be overocme by lines on the ground, carrying a chair or having someone 'oscillate' the shoulders (6 min.) / Parkinsonism: A patient from the pre-L-Dopa era with flexed posture, shuffling gait and tremor at rest. The film illustrates in a striking manner how, despite the severity of the tremor at rest, the patient could hold a glass, use a hammer and catch a ball (3 min.) / Post-encephalitic Parkinsonism: A remarkable film of a man with a 30 year history of post-encephalitic Parkinsonism who was much troubled by compulsive movements. The film shows him leaping from his bed to circle in a compulsive fashion. There is also a rare sequence of an oculo-gyric crisis (4.5 min.) / Post-encephalitic Parkinsonism: A most unusual case of post-encephalitic Parkinsonism in a boy of 11 years. The film includes a clip of an oculo-gyric crisis (3.5 min.) / Parkinsonism treated by thalamotomy: film shows the dramatic effect of thalamotomy on gait, hand movements and the ability to institute movement (4 min.) / Steele-Richardson syndrome: the film shows impaired vertical saccades and pursuit movements with preserved doll's head movements (4.5 min.) / Segmental dystonia and Parkinsonism: This is an intriguing man who at the age of 48 years developed segmental dystonia affecting the left upper limb and neck. He was treated with Sinemet. Five years later he developed Parkinsonism which did not resolve when the Sinemet was stopped. The film shows his facial appearance, gait, the dystonia and his writing (4.5 min.) / Surgery of involuntary movements: The film illustrates the beneficial effect of thalamotomy on spasmodic torticollis and dystonia (4.5 min.)"