Cases of tic doloureux successfully treated / By Benj. Hutchinson.

  • Hutchinson, Benjamin.
Date:
1820
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Credit: Cases of tic doloureux successfully treated / By Benj. Hutchinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eyes. On comparing his descriptions, Mr. Fox immediately conceived that his com¬ plaint was caused by a disease of the subor- bitar branch of the fifth pair of nerves, and offered to accompany him to Mr. Astley Cooper, in order to take his opi¬ nion. As they proceeded in the coach, one sudden jolt caused another attack. Mr. Cooper, after having heard the above statement, concurred in the opinion Mr. Fox had given, but was more particularly confirmed in it, by producing another at¬ tack with only rubbing the hair of his beard contrary to its natural direction. The gentleman assented to the oper¬ ation, which Mr. Cooper immediately per¬ formed. The nerve was completely di¬ vided, as the power of raising that side of the lip ceased, and it remained as in a state of paralysis* The wound healed in