Polarographic Studies on the Proteins of the Cerebrospinal Fluid Part 3. The Comparison between the Filtrate Proteins of the Superior Spinal Fluid and those of the Lumbar Spinal Fluid

The author performed the polarographic secondary reaction on the superior and the lumbar spinal fluid in the general paresis and schizophrenia. The first 10.cc. obtained by pneumoencephalography was taken as the lumbar spinal fluid (L) and the 10 cc. obtained after the first 100 cc was taken as the superior spinal fluid (V). 1. As for the wave form there is essentially no difference between the general paresis and schizophrenia, but the general paresis shows somewhat clearer two-step wave form in both L and V. The wave height in the general paresis is L > V, while that in the schizophrenia is L V, while in the schizophrenia it is L < V, indicating a distinct difference in the filtrates of the spinalfluids between the two groups. 4. It is assumed that the pituitary hormones are involved in the origin of spinalfluid mucoprotein