Sciatica : a record of clinical observations on the causes, nature, and treatment of sixty-eight cases / by A. Symons Eccles.

  • Eccles, A. Symons.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Sciatica : a record of clinical observations on the causes, nature, and treatment of sixty-eight cases / by A. Symons Eccles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    felt colder and stiffer than its fellow of the oppo- site side after rising and moving about. One rather interesting fact in regard to the conditions under which sciatica occurs appears to be brought out by the experience afforded in three cases, the subjects of which were omnibus drivers. In each case the left limb was the seat of the malady, and the reason why the left rather than the right thigh should be attacked appeared to be accounted for by the fact that, while the left limb was maintained in an almost motionless position, with the edge of the driver's seat pressing for some considerable length of time against the partially extended thigh just below the gluteal fold, the right limb was frequently flexed and forcibly extended in the act of putting the drag on the wheel of the vehicle. In the one limb the conditions of the circulation both of blood and lymph induced by long exposure to damp and cold remained unrelieved throughout the journey, while on the other hand circulation was stimulated and constantly increased by the vigorous muscular movements necessary on the part of the right limb in working the lever govern- ing the drag. Alcoholism has been cited as a cause of sciatica in two cases. In one case the pain was confined to one limb ; in the other there was bilateral sciatica, or perhaps