Lectures on clinical medicine, tr. and ed. by P.V. Bazire

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Page 389 - Germany at the end of the Middle Ages. We leave out of our consideration those territories which at the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth century...
Page 262 - A few days previously he had suddenly lost his senses, and had been unconscious for nearly an hour. When he came round, he exhibited no symptom of paralysis, but could not articulate a single word. He moved his tongue perfectly — he swallowed with ease, but, however much he tried, he could not utter a word.
Page 692 - Orleans, tried in vain to calm his fears : for several days he was excited and delirious. At last, being told over and over again that persons seized with rabies died very rapidly, and that he could not therefore be rabid since his dread of water dated already ten days back, and after reading...
Page 61 - ... are found in the neighbourhood of the point of starting of the aura. If no indication of this kind can be furnished by the persons who have seen the fits, it will be well to try the application of a very powerful galvanic current, with dry conductors, on the various parts of the skin, when the patient expects to have a fit. I have in this way twice ascertained the point of starting of an unfelt aura : a fit has been produced by the galvanization of certain parts of the skin.
Page 100 - ... from his stupor. The sense of taste is probably impaired like those of hearing and of sight. The tongue is moist and red at first, but after a few days it has a tendency to drying and browning. There is...
Page 211 - ... section of all the posterior roots of the spinal nerves in frogs, the voluntary movements seem to be very nearly as perfect as if no operation had been performed, and that if the skin of the head is pinched on one side, the posterior limb on the same side tries to repel the cause of the pain as well as if no injury had been made. I have also ascertained that in frogs rendered blind, these experiments give the same results.
Page 696 - ... In the dog, as we have observed, the peculiar sensation in the seat of the inoculation has at times caused the animal to gnaw the part most severely. With these local symptoms some general nervous disturbance is generally experienced. The patient becomes dejected, morose, irritable, and restless ; he either does not suspect his complaint, or, if he. remembers having been bitten, carefully avoids mentioning the circumstance, and searches for amusement away from home, or prefers solitude : bright...
Page 158 - A mother, while nursing her infant, was seized with a paralysis, attended with the loss of muscular power on one side of her body, and the loss of sensibility on the other. The surprising and, indeed, the alarming circumstance here was, that she could hold her child to her bosom with the arm which retained muscular power, only so long as she looked at the infant. If surrounding objects withdrew her attention from the state of her arm, the flexor muscles gradually relaxed, and the child was in danger...
Page 231 - I entered, and showed by his gestures, and especially by the expression of his face, that he was pleased to see me. He could not speak, and only uttered in a faltering voice unintelligible words, in which the monosyllable, " Yes" returned frequently. When I questioned him, he answered " Yes" to everything, even when he shook his head in denial. " How old are you ?" — " Yes !" " How far back do you date your illness ?"— " Ye* !" &c., &c. It could be easily seen, however, that he was not satisfied...
Page 105 - He goes on rocking himself, holding his head between his hands, and uttering half-suppressed groans. This scene lasts for ten, fifteen seconds, one minute at the most, and all is over then without convulsions. The individual resumes his interrupted conversation, until a fresh paroxysm sets in again.

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