A case of intradural spinal cyst, with operation and recovery / by W.G. Spiller, J.H. Musser and Edward Martin ; with a brief report of eleven cases of tumor of the spinal cord or spinal column, by William G. Spiller.

  • Spiller, William G. (William Gibson), 1863-1940.
Date:
1903
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Credit: A case of intradural spinal cyst, with operation and recovery / by W.G. Spiller, J.H. Musser and Edward Martin ; with a brief report of eleven cases of tumor of the spinal cord or spinal column, by William G. Spiller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Ou February 11, 1902, the patient was seen again. Patellar clonus or ankle clonus was not obtained on either side. The patellar reflex was very prompt on each side. Babinski’s reflex was not distinct on either side. No objective sensory disturbances were obtained anywhere. Walking increased the pain. She had no girdle sensation. She expressed the opinion that the pain had become more severe, because during the summer of 1901 she danced much, and sat out in the dampness after dancing. Miss A. B. returned home February 15, 1902, and was comparatively comfortable for two or three weeks; then the pain became more severe, and began to be felt during the day. She went to Brooklyn and was treated during nine weeks by electricity, which made her much worse, and she then returned home. At this time the pain was felt across the lower part of her back, down the front of her left thigh, down the back of the left lower limb, aud in both hips, but more in the left. She now noticed numbness in the toes of the left foot, extending ou to the dorsum of the foot, and the pain was becoming even more severe than it had been. She was examined again on June 10, 1902, and the notes made then are as follows: The pain has become much more severe since last January, and is felt while the patient is lying down. It is deep in the hip-joint, and feels as though something were pressing on a nerve. The pain is chiefly down the front of the left thigh, and only occasionally along the course of the sciatic nerve. It is felt at the sacrosciatic notch, and low in the lumbar region on both sides, but chiefly on the