A treatise on neuralgic diseases, dependent upon irritation of the spinal marrow and ganglia of the sympathetic nerve / By Thomas Pridgin Teale.

  • Teale, Thomas Pridgin, 1801?-1867.
Date:
1829
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Credit: A treatise on neuralgic diseases, dependent upon irritation of the spinal marrow and ganglia of the sympathetic nerve / By Thomas Pridgin Teale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the abdomen is fixed, not much increased on pressure, and appears seated in the middle portion of the recti muscles ; the soreness of the thighs extends along their anterior and inner surface, and down the legs in the direction of the anterior surface of the tibiz; his legs totter, and he frequently feels a tendency to falling, from the legs sinking under him. He does not appear to have any affection of the stomach, or any internal disorder. The present symptoms have existed three or four weeks, and are gradually 1 increasing. Great tenderness on pressing the second and third lumbar vertebree. Ten leeches to be applied over the lumbar vertebree, and a dose of castor oil to be taken in the morning. 15th. The soreness of the thighs and the feeling of weakness in the lower extremities perfectly relieved ; the pain in the abdomen is diminished, but still exists. Apply a blister to the back. - 19th. He is now free from the pain in the abdomen, feels languid, but in other respects is quite well. No tenderness in the vertebrze can now be perceived. Take an ounce and a half of infusion of cascarilla three times a day. Cass IX. Neuralgia of the Knee. August 10th, 1829. E. B., xt. 18 years, a girl of a ‘delicate constitution and in a very humble station of life, is admitted a patient of the dispensary on account of an affection of the left knee. She complains of violent pain in the knee, orem