A treatise on neuralgic diseases, dependent upon irritation of the spinal marrow and ganglia of the sympathetic nerve / By Thomas Pridgin Teale.

  • Teale, Thomas Pridgin, 1801?-1867.
Date:
1830
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Credit: A treatise on neuralgic diseases, dependent upon irritation of the spinal marrow and ganglia of the sympathetic nerve / By Thomas Pridgin Teale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Case I. Ne euralyia 6f the Scalp. June 5th, 1827. Mr. L., et. 26,.complains of a feeling of indisposition, having suffered for a few days from stiffness in the neck, and pain at the back of the head, extending laterally towards the ears, and up- wards over the back part of the scalp; perspires much at night; feels languid ‘and unable to attend to busi- ness. About four weeks ago he was exposed to the wet and cold, and has ever since Bes affected with _ these symptoms. On pressing the spine there is tenderness in the first cervical vertebra, but no pain whatever is produced by firm pressure on any other part of the spine. Leeches to be applied to the neck. June 10th. The pains in the scalp were immediately relieved, on the application of the leeches, and the per- spirations have gradually ceased. The. spine bears pressure without any uneasiness. Case II. Intermattent Neuralgia of the Scalp. June 18th, 1827. Mrs. B., a week after her ac- couchement, complained of pain in the head occur- ring in the afternoons in a violent degree. It was de- scribed as a dull, aching pain, principally seated i in the occipital region, but extending from that. part over the parietal bones towards the temples, and in the neigh- 3