Practical observations on distortions of the spine, chest, and limbs : together with remarks on paralytic and other diseases connected with impaired or defective motion / by William Tilleard Ward.

  • Ward, William Tilleard.
Date:
1822
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Credit: Practical observations on distortions of the spine, chest, and limbs : together with remarks on paralytic and other diseases connected with impaired or defective motion / by William Tilleard Ward. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    motions of the right arm and leg, not continued but occasional, I found a considerable quantity of water effused in the left ventricle of the brain. In a young woman who laboured under a con- stant involuntary motion of the arm, which was synchronous with the pulse, beating regularly one hundred and twenty strokes, the symptoms at the commencement of the attack clearly indi- cated that their had been pressure on the brain. In the case of a woman aged 40, a patient of the public dispensary, a convulsive jerking of the right arm occurred every second pulsation ; she had a fit about two months prior to the attack, and suffered much from head-achs, which were confined to the left side of the head. This com- plaint was removed in a few days, by one bleeding and the use of purgatives. It appears probable that a greater degree of the same cause, in both these instances, might have produced paralysis. It is remarked by Sydenham, that the disease occurs more frequently among girls than boys ; in the cases given by Mr. Andree ^, the propor- tion is four to one, in those recited by Dr. Hamil- ton t^ five to four; the comparatively less exercise ^ Andree on Chorea. f Hamilton on Purgative Med.