Abstract
It seems pretty certain that ictal manifestations of epilepsies are of essential significance. So that, along this line,59 cases of idiopathic epilesies were divided into the following three groups from both clinical and electroencephalographical view-points; namely, grand mal, petit mal and psychomotor groups. Each case of these groups was investigated by means of Rorschach test and Martin's anthropometry.
Rorschach test interpretation: Petit mal group presented nearly normal findings and garnd mal group characteristic scores which hitherto accepted as epileptoid character features, while psychomotor group yielded schizophrenia-like pattern.
Results obtained by Martin's anthropometry: The bodily build in grand mal and petit mal groups was mostly athletic on the one hand and in that psychomotor group tended to be leptosomatic on the other. Developmental retardation in length growth was prominent in dement type or in those with positive Piotrowski's organic signs. On the contrary, tendency to deterioration and apparition of organic signs was slighter in leptosomatic group.
