On the nature and treatment of tic douloureux, sciatica, and other neuralgic disorders / by Henry Hunt.

  • Hunt, Henry, -1877.
Date:
1844
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Credit: On the nature and treatment of tic douloureux, sciatica, and other neuralgic disorders / by Henry Hunt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    can be described by name. She has for many years suffered from neuralgic pains in various parts of the body^, but more particularly in the second division of the fifth nerve of the left cheek, when, from any cause;, she is more than commonjy weak, or suffering from any mental anxiety. The sudden and unex- pected receipt of news of a painful nature, for instance, will, almost always, bring on neuralgic pain in some part; sometimes in the under part of the last phalanx of the fourth toe of the left foot so severely as to prevent her walking or stand- ing. This after a time will quite as suddenly leave the toe and attack the nerve in the cheeky having all the characters and severity of tic douloureux. If the first paroxysm continue long, it will com- monly return daily for some weeks^ unless arrested by medicine, or until the constitution has overcome the effects of the shock, and has recovered its tone. She is also very sensitive to the influence of climate; she resided at Clifton for several years, during which time she was comparatively exempt from pain; but on removing to the damp and relaxing climate of the south of Devon, she soon became languid, weak, and incapable of much exertion; and after some months' residence there, without any other apparent cause than debility, these neuralgic pains returned, and after a time fixed on the nerve in the cheek, and assumed the quotidian type.