A practical treatise on paralysis, locomotor ataxy, sclerosis, spinal paralysis, wasting palsy, neurasthenia, neuralgia, sciatica, hysteria, and other obscure diseases of the brain and spinal cord / by S. Berry Niblett.

  • Niblett, S. Berry.
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[1885]
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Credit: A practical treatise on paralysis, locomotor ataxy, sclerosis, spinal paralysis, wasting palsy, neurasthenia, neuralgia, sciatica, hysteria, and other obscure diseases of the brain and spinal cord / by S. Berry Niblett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    complained of pain in his forehead, and giddiness with weight and constriction about the head. The weakness commenced in the leg, which suddenly gave way at the knee, and occasionally the patient had fallen down from this cause. There was some difficulty of speech. He had also a feeling of numbness extending through the whole arm and leg. This was a case of incipient softening, induced by worry. To relieve the pain in his head I applied the dry cups to the back of the neck. In three days the headache was much relieved, and in fact nearly gone, his memory improved ; after another wreek the numbness was no longer remarked. I then advised the primary galvanic current to be applied to the mastoid processes, and the induced current to the arm and leg, each paralysed muscle receiving a full share of attention. It was not long before signs of returning power were noticed, the strength became greater in the arm, and he was able to extend the leg better. In a few wreeks I had the satisfaction of seeing such a degree of improvement as to constitute an approximate cure. I then recommended change of air; he remained away for four weeks, and on his return was to all appearance well. Progressive Atrophy of the Face (Uinlateral). A clergyman fromDevonshire.sufferingfrom this remark- able affection, consulted me. Some years previously he had noticed a slight degree of weakness in the muscles of the left side of the face. It was then noticed that the left side of the face was different from the right, and careful examination showed that there were two depressions. Some of the muscles at the angle of the mouth were atro- phied. The first symptom that attracted his attention was a peculiar discoloration of the skin ; a white spot appeared and gradually spread, after a time other spots appeared, and coalesced so as to form a patch of considerable size; the white colour afterwards passed away, and left a