A NOTE ON A "PROTEOSE-LIKE" SUBSTANCE IN SPINAL FLUID
Purcell G. Schube M. D.1, and
Richard C. Whitehead M. D.2
1 Psychiatric Clinic, Boston State Hospital, Boston, Mass.
2 University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colo.
An ether-alcohol reaction in the spinal fluid is described. The end-product of this reaction is a flocculent material possessing the properties of a proteose-like substance. This proteose-like substance is present in all spinal fluids examined.
