Spinal irritation / by William A. Hammond.

  • Hammond, William A. (William Alexander), 1828-1900.
Date:
1870
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Credit: Spinal irritation / by William A. Hammond. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gans solely, or the uterus solely, or of the circulatory or respiratory system. 11. That from the cases •detailed we have reason to suppose spinal tenderness may arise from uterine disorder, from dyspepsia, from worms in the alimentary passages, from affections of the liver, from mental emo- tions, from the poison of typhus, from marsh miasma- ta, from erysipelatous, rheumatic, and eruptive fevers, and from the irritation arising from local injury. 12. That it is almost invariably found, in connec- tion with gastric or abdominal tenderness, in fever; and this tenderness is probably like the soreness of scalp, pains in the limbs, etc., dependent on the mor- bid state of the cord. 13. That, whether in fever or in other complaints, it is met with in the situation of the eighth or ninth dorsal vertebra much more frequently than at any other part of the spine. 14. That affections attended by spinal tenderness are seldom fatal; that, even in those cases of intense irritation of the cord under which patients suffer ex- tremity of pain for years, the event is generally favor- able. 15. That they frequently, as well as hysteria, oc- cur with all the appearances of a primary affection of the nervous system. 16. That affections are occasionally met with pre- senting all the marks of the hysteric character, and per- fectly resembling cases described as those of spinal ir- ritation, but unattended by spinal tenderness or any other direct indication of a morbid state of the cord. The treatment recommended consists in the removal of the cause if this still continues in action, purgatives,