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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    (Fig. 3).* In this case facial paralysis on the left side seems to have been the first symptom, which was observed by his friends a month before admission. The patient Fig. 3. knew nothing of this, and felt quite well till a fortnight before I saw him. He then noticed “ pins and needles ” in his hands and feet. Three days later he had diplopia, and his legs became weak. In five more days he could not * The illustrations are from diagrams made at the time by Mr. A. E. Broster, then resident medical officer, and exhibited at the Clinical Society, before which the patient appeared when recovered.