A System of practical medicine v. 4, 1898, Volume 4Lea Bros. & Company, 1898 |
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abscess acute affected anæmia anesthesia appearance arteries ataxia atrophy attack blood bone brain cause cells centres cerebellum cerebral cervical changes chorea chronic clinical condition contractures convolutions convulsions cortex cortical degeneration degenerative delusions dementia diagnosis disease disorder disturbance doses epilepsy especially excitement extend extremities faradic fatigue fibres frequently frontal give rise Gowers growth headache hemiplegia hemorrhage hysteria hysterical increased inflammation insanity internal capsule involved irritation knee jerk lateral legs lesion less limb lobe loss lumbar mania marked melancholia meningitis mental motor movements multiple sclerosis muscles muscular myelitis nerve neurasthenia neuritis neurosis observed occasionally occipital lobe occur onset optic optic neuritis pain paralysis paralyzed paresis pathological patient posterior present probably prognosis pyramidal tracts rare reflex region result sclerosis sensation sensory side sinus skin sleep slight sometimes spasm spinal cord stage symptoms syphilis syringomyelia tabes thrombosis thrombus tion tissue tract traumatic treatment tremor tumor usually vertigo vessels
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