The rheumatic diseases (so called) with original suggestions for more clearly defining them / by Hugh Lane and Charles T. Griffiths.

  • Lane, Hugh.
Date:
1890
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    chronic rheumatism seem to be, especially in young adults, the condition more generally accepted now as peripheral neuritis. Numbing of the hands, gradually disappearing as the shoulder is reached, sensations of pins and needles, and a cold appearance of the skin go with these, and yet the general health and senses may be quite unimpaired. Treatment by bfiths has been most satisfactory: witness the case of a man aged thirty-one. jSTo history of any hemiplegic attack, no spinal mischief could be detected, no accident, and yet the condition of his legs, when admitted into hos- pital, was most grave,—semi-paraplegic inco-ordi- nation of gait, and loss of reflexes. On discharge, two months after admission, reflexes had re- turned, and he expressed himself as being as well as ever, and there had been no other treat- ment but that employed for the usual rheumatic cases. Section B. Under this section we see the chronic rheu- matism of old age—senile rheumatism ; a slow, painful joint trouble, not ushered in by an acute attack.