Tic douloureux, or, Neuralgia facialis, and other nervous affections : their seat, nature, and cause, with cases illustrating successful methods of treatment / by R.H. Allnatt.

  • Allnatt, R. H. (Richard Hopkins)
Date:
1843
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    when the windows of his carriage were closed, and, from that time, the malady increased with rapidity. On one occasion, being in attendance upon a patient, he exclaimed, «I am here at your earnest request, but am scarcely able to sustain the transit from my own house to yours, and should not be surprised if I am attacked with a fit of my disorder; a prediction which was too faithfuUy verified, for, before he quitted the house, he sunk into a chair, covered his face with his hands, and, as he suppressed his groans, exhibited his enfeebled frame distracted by inde- scribable agony. THOSE AFFECTED. Tic Douloureux affects persons of all ages, although the two extremes of life are generally considered as rendering the system less susceptible of its influence. It also attacks persons of all constitutions, the weakly and robust, and those of all temperaments and idiosyncrasies.