Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1935. / Vita on slip mounted on verso of last leaf. Concerning the relation of ketosis, produced by diet, inanition or injection, to convulsions of experimental origin in cats, with a brief reveiw of the literature pertaining to the problems of ketogenic diet and fasting in the treatment of epilepsy. cf. Introd. and scope. "Read at the nineteenth annual meeting of the American pshchiatric association, Section on convulsive disorders, New York, N.Y., May 28-June 1, 1934." Bibliography: p. 46-47.