On epilepsy and epileptiform seizures : Their causes, pathology and treatment. / By Edward Henry Sieveking.

  • Sieveking, Edward H. (Edward Henry), 1816-1904.
Date:
MDCCCLVIII. [1858]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On epilepsy and epileptiform seizures : Their causes, pathology and treatment. / By Edward Henry Sieveking. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    Result. There was no marked change ; the fits were about as frequent as at commencement of treatment. Prominent treatment. add. sulph. zinc, gr. ij.,mist. alhse §ij. cret. macer. She took large doses of sulph. of zinc (ad gr. xij. t. d.), oxide of zinc, steel in various forms, aloes; treatment for above four- teen months. Probable cause. Uterine irrita- tion ? History. perfect unconsciousness during fit; bites her tongue each time ; pain in head, and ill all over after fit for a whole day; the fits occur in morning after rising, about 8 a.m.; pulse 100, small; no spinal tenderness ; no morbid sounds of heart; tongue slightly furred ; had worms as a child, but not now ; no trace of al- bumen or sugar in urine, sp. gr. 1027, acid, clear, dark yellow; after fits often feels numbed in all extremities for an hour; frequent cramps in hand (copious ascarides passed after first powder). In perfect health till a year ago; she had a nervous affection, for which her head was shaved and blistered; since then subject to fits; has had about twelve; no premonitory symptoms ; “ comes over in a heat ” two or three minutes before fit; does not scream; complete unconsciousness ; foams ; has not bitten tongue ; headache sometimes before, generally after fits; sometimes sleeps after fit; catamenia regular, but scanty; fits chiefly before or after catamenia; tongue whitish ; pulse 120; no sugar or albumen in urine. Condition. Servant. Sex. 6 sugar