Organic and Functional Nervous Diseases: A Text-book of NeurologyLea & Febiger, 1909 - 911 pages |
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abscess acute affected alcoholic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis anæmia anesthesia aphasia appear arms arteries atrophy attack attended axones bladder body brain bulbar cause cavity cells cerebellum cerebral cervical chronic columns condition convulsions cortex cortical course degeneration develop diagnosis disease disturbance dorsal doses epilepsy facial faradic gait gradually gray matter hemiplegia hemorrhage hence increase injury irritation knee-jerk lateral sclerosis legs lesion limbs lobe locomotor ataxia loss lumbar medulla meningitis mental motor movements multiple neuritis muscles muscular myelitis nerve fibres nerve roots nervous system neuralgia neuroglia neurones normal nucleus observed occasionally occur onset optic optic neuritis pain palsy paralysis paralyzed pathological patient poliomyelitis pons posterior posterior nerve roots present pressure produce prognosis rarely recovery reflex region seen segment sensations sensory sheath side skin spasm spastic spinal cord stage symptoms syphilitic syringomyelia tabes temperature tendon thalamus thigh tion tissue tract treatment tremor trophic tumor usually vessels
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Page 660 - One cord moderately abducted and motionless, the other moving freely, and even beyond the middle line in phonation. Both cords near together, and during inspiration not separated, but even drawn nearer together.
Page 417 - In the upper dorsal region add two; from the sixth to the eleventh dorsal vertebra add three. The lower part of the eleventh dorsal spinous process and the space below it are opposite the lower three lumbar segments. The twelfth dorsal spinous process and the space below it arc opposite the sacral segments.
Page 202 - ... of strength for every cell used during the first three minutes, provided the sponges be put on any part of the body except the soles of the feet or the palms of the hands, and pressed firmly upon the skin. After the first three minutes the body resistance decreases, so that when twenty cells are used to start with, one should be cut off every half minute until the number is reduced one-third. The duration of the application should be about ten minutes to each limb. During this time the distal...
Page 199 - PROGNOSIS. — The prognosis in multiple neuritis is good, provided the exciting cause can be removed. The only cases which form an exception to the rule are those whose constitutions are much impaired by excesses or by other diseases ; those who have so far indulged in alcohol or are so completely soaked with arsenic or lead as to be unable to throw off the poison ; and those in whom the disease begins with great suddenness, advances rapidly, and involves the phrenic and pneumogastric nerves. These...
Page 697 - ... then enlarged by the rongeur forceps upward and backward, the dura being laid bare over an oval area three by two inches. The dura did not pulsate. The...
Page 238 - ... the course of eight weeks. Men and women were equally affected, and persons of all ages, except young children were attacked. The disease terminated fatally in from ten days to five weeks after its onset ; but as time went on the proportion of recoveries increased, and by the end of March, 1883, it had almost disappeared. The months from October to March are the dry, cool season in the Philippine Islands, although the climate is tropical. Exposure to heat could hardly be considered a cause of...
Page 272 - ... of electricity. Massage is of the utmost importance in these cases, and should be given once or twice a day with care, combined with such attempts at active movement as the child is able to make. Among...
Page 194 - ... of degeneration is present. But in some cases the normal condition is found, and the negative pole produces stronger contractions than the positive pole. If the muscles that are not paralyzed be tested, the same electrical changes may often be discovered in them. A loss of faradic irritability and a marked decrease in the galvanic irritability of the muscle and nerve are, therefore, important symptoms of multiple neuritis.
Page 510 - ... disease; thrombosis from cholera infantum, followed by destruction of cerebral cells and atrophy of the cortex." Starr found the last condition in 21 cases out of 343. In the same cases in 32 instances he also found maldevelopment and apparent atrophic conditions of the brain structure of the...
Page 239 - ... micro-organism resembling the bacillus of splenic fever, though somewhat smaller, which colors with fuchsin and gentian-violet, and can be seen with a power of 560°. These bacilli are found in the blood, lungs, heart, brain, cord, and nerves of the patients, and can be cultivated outside of the body. The germs infect wooden dwellings chiefly. They may be conveyed by articles of clothing, and probably enter the body by the lungs. Direct contagion has not been observed. A potent predisposing cause...