Clinical and pathological observations in India / by J. Fayrer.

  • Fayrer, Sir Joseph, 1824-1907.
Date:
1873
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    distressed at being unable to End words for his ideas. Became very low-spirited and depressed. 6 p.m. : Had a slight spasm in the left side, which he expressed by saying, I had padsum. Sensation returning in the right arm. 6^;^.-—9 a.m. : Sensation in the right arm nearly perfect. Tingling in the right eyehd. Can now move his right arm sHghtly, and can lift it up with Ms left, but a good deal of pain is thereby experienced. Temperature in right axilla, 97*4°; temperature in left axilla, 98-1°. Can read print and can articulate, though slowly, most of the words in an easy sen- tence. Wound doing well. 7^y^.—Temperature, 98°; pulse, 68; respiration, 16. Small slough removed from the dura mater. Brain seen below, but it seems at some depth. Eight leg has nearly recovered; right arm doing very well. Bowels still only moved by enemata. Sth.—Temperature, pulse, and respiration normal. Wound suppurating freely and looking very healthy. Sensation and motion are now quite restored to the right leg. Eight arm can be raised to his head, though the motion is somewhat jerking. Says that the hand is very weak, and that he cannot hold any- thing in it. Speech is now very fair, though slow, as if it were an effort of memory to find the words, or that the tongue required schooling to articulate them. Occasionally hesitates at a word, and failing to pronounce it, substitutes another, not always, however, relevant. The tingling of the right eyelid has now entirely ceased. Appearance natural. 10 p.m. : Pulse, 80, and full. Complains of an uneasy feeling across the brow; articulation not quite so clear as it was in the morning. Has been exercising his newly-recovered power of speech too freely, and has evidently fatigued himself. Directed him to keep quite quiet, and not to talk. 9th.—7 a.m. ; Had an attack of bleeding from the granula- tions. This, he says, has done him a deal of good, and he cer- tainly does look better. l^th.—Doing well since last report. Wound very healthy, and closing rapidly. Bone, except at one side, nearly covered i