On the threatening of apoplexy and paralysis : inorganic epilepsy; spinal syncope; hidden seizures; the resultant mania ... / by Marshall Hall.

  • Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.
Date:
1851
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Credit: On the threatening of apoplexy and paralysis : inorganic epilepsy; spinal syncope; hidden seizures; the resultant mania ... / by Marshall Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    between paroxysmal and therefore secondary apoplexy, and apoplexy arising from organic lesion of the cere- brum. In the former, the first effect of ipecacuanha, or of nausea, is to resolve the spasm of the neck and break the first link of the chain of disordered actions. In the latter, the expiratory efforts of vomiting might augment the lesion already sustained by the tissues within the encephalon. 64. It is an important question—how far the action of the muscles of the neck may be specific in different instances. Are the various phenomena of external blushing, or flushing, of the apoplectic seizure, and of the epileptic attack, the varied effect of the compression of the external and internal jugular and of the vertebral veins respectively 1 These questions must, I think, be answered in the afiirmative. But the satisfactory proofs of these facts may still be want- ing. The act of sickness—the effect of emotion, or of gastric irritation—is, however, perfectly specific and distinct. 65, That action of the muscles designated ecV- pression, takes place in the neck not less than in the face ; and it is thus the first stage of trachehsmus, as the blush of shame and the flush of anger are the first shades of phlebismus, and, if I may venture to say so, of paroxysmal nervous affection.