A case of Landry's paralysis / by John Cowan, A. J. Ballatyne and D. MacDonald.

  • Cowan, John, active 1909.
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[1909]
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Credit: A case of Landry's paralysis / by John Cowan, A. J. Ballatyne and D. MacDonald. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Beprinted from the Glasgow Medical Journal, February, A CASE OF LANDRY'S PARALYSIS.1 By JOHN COWAN, M.D., A. J. BALLANTYNE, M.D., and D. MACDONALD, M.B. Mrs. B., set. 33, dressmaker, was admitted into Ward II on 24th September, 1907, complaining of weakness of the limbs of two weeks' duration. On admission she was quite acute mentally, and stated that her illness had commenced a fortnight before. During the last fortnight of August she was on holiday in Fife, and for a week after her return home felt in excellent health, although she had undertaken an extra amount of housework. On 10th September, howrever, she noticed that her legs were weak, and the calves and her back were painful; and the weakness rapidly increased, so that on the 14th she was unable to rise from her bed. On 17th September her arms began to get weak, and by 21st September she was practically helpless, and unable to lift her head from the pillow, or to move her legs or arms. Her neck was painful on movement, she sweated profusely at night, and she had a flight cough and expectoration. For some days before admission to hospital she had seen double, and her friends had noticed that she squinted. Her previous health had been good, save for a rheumatic attack at the age of 19. Though married for six years she had never become pregnant. Her circumstances were com- fortable, but she had hard work and long hours from her occupation as a dressmaker. She was found to be stout and well coloured, though her muscles were flabby. She lay without discomfort flat on her back, but was absolutely helpless and unable to lift her head or limbs. The voice was a little husky and rather weak, but 1 Read at a meeting of the Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society held on 11th December, 1908.