Clinical aspects of syphilitic nervous affections.

  • Buzzard, Thomas.
Date:
1874
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    CONTENTS. CHAPTEE I. 0?* the Diagnosis or Syphilitic Keryqtts Affec- tions. page General observations.—The syphilitic element fre- quently overlooked—Analogy with anasarca from scarlatina—Individual symptoms not diagnostic, but the mode in which they are grouped—Case of paraplegia with hemiplegia and aphasia—Treat- ment—Eecovery—Important points in diagnosis —Age—Simultaneous lesions in distant parts of cerebro-spinal axis—Cachexia—History of infec- tion—Curative influence of iodide of potassium— Characters of syphilitic convulsions—Hughlings Jackson's views on association of convulsion with double optic neuritis—Characters of hemi- plegia— Causes — Paralysis of cranial nerves— Zeissl on hemiplegia from osseous changes- Sudden hemiplegia—Arterial changes—Paraplegia — Affections of spinal cord — Period at which nervous affections may occur—Vertigo—Mental disorders—Blandford on mental disturbance of syphilitic origin—Senile degeneration of tissues- Softening of the brain—Indications from use of ophthalmoscope—Evidence afforded by electrical examination . 1—41