On some forms of paralysis from peripheral neuritis : of gouty, alcoholic, diphtheritic, and other origin / by Thomas Buzzard.

Date:
1886
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Credit: On some forms of paralysis from peripheral neuritis : of gouty, alcoholic, diphtheritic, and other origin / by Thomas Buzzard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PAGES of intemperance—So “ wrist-drop ” suggests inquiry into possible exposure to lead—Not in alcoholic paralysis alone is found tendency to preponderating affection of the lower extremities—Seen in multiple neuritis from other causes— Also in Kakke—A paraplegic form of neuritis from unknown cause—Examples .... 41—100 LECTURE III. Peripheral neuritis in enteric fever—After dengue—Two cases of peripheral neuritis after malarious fever—Alcoholic history in each—Doubtful etiology—Phases of alcoholic paralysis— Diphtheritic paralysis—Resemblance of symptoms to those of multiple neuritis—Tenderness of nerves and muscles—Ab- sence of knee-phenomenon—Varying condition of electric excitability in diphtheritic paralysis—The ataxy after diph- theria liable to be mistaken for tabes—Morbid anatomy— Diphtheritic paralysis probably very often dependent upon peripheral neuritis—Comparison between symptoms of alco- holic and diphtheritic paralysis—Diagnosis of multiple neuritis—Prognosis—Treatment . . . 101—142