Synopsis and nosology : being an arrangement and definition of diseases / by William Cullen, M.D. Professor of the practice of physic in the University of Edinburgh ; First Physician to His Britannic Majesty for Scotland ; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ; of the Royal societies of London and of Edinburgh ; of the Royal Society of Medicine of Paris, &c. &c. &c.

  • Cullen, William, 1710-1790.
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MDCCXCII [1792]
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Credit: Synopsis and nosology : being an arrangement and definition of diseases / by William Cullen, M.D. Professor of the practice of physic in the University of Edinburgh ; First Physician to His Britannic Majesty for Scotland ; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ; of the Royal societies of London and of Edinburgh ; of the Royal Society of Medicine of Paris, &c. &c. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II. Species are. A. Symptoms either of an afthenia cr palfy, tremor, an alternate motion of a limb by frequent ftrokes and intervals. The fpecies are. i. Aftthenia. 2. Paraly- tic. 3. Couvulfave. Order. II. Adynamia. A diminution of the involuntary motions, whether vital or natural. G. XLIV. Syncope, a diminution or even a total ftoppage, of the motion of the hear!: for a little. I Idiopathic. 1. Syncope (cardiaca) returning frequently without any manifeft caufe, with violent palpitations of the heart, during the inter- vals ; from a fault of the heart or neigh- bouring veffels.