Cases of neuralgia and of other diseases of the nervous system : preceded by an analytical exposition of them, exemplifying the principles and practice of neuro-dynamic medicine / by John Chapman.

  • John Chapman
Date:
1873
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Credit: Cases of neuralgia and of other diseases of the nervous system : preceded by an analytical exposition of them, exemplifying the principles and practice of neuro-dynamic medicine / by John Chapman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    become very hot—very hot. In Case 14, the hands and feet which, before treatment, were habitually cold, became per- manently warm while the treatment proceeded. In Case 22, the patient's extremities, which were habitually cold—the legs and feet being excessively so—were rendered completely and permanently warm by the Spinal Ice-bag. In Cases 23 and 25, the feet, which had been constantly cold, became quite warm; and, in Case 25, the patient's feet became cold again when the use of the Spinal Ice-bag was discontinued. In Case 27 the patient, aged fifty-six, whom I saw for the first time January 20, 1868, suffered much from general coldness, and had become much more chilly than he used to be. His feet were often cold for a couple of hours together after he went to bed ; he could hardly sleep for them. Jan. 29, he said : I've become generally warmer, just as I used to feel several years ago ; directly I put the ice on my feet became warm, warmer than I can get them by the fire. Feb. 13, he said : I continued to keep quite warm while watching* outside Broad- wood's premises on a very cold night; I was very warm all night; whereas previously, as he assured me, when watching on less cold nights, and in just the same clothes, he was very cold. April 1, 1872, he said : One very curious thing has happened to me ; I used to have very cold feet, I may call them excessively cold, in bed; since I've used the ice I never have a cold foot. In Case 28, the feet which had been '' always cold became warm during treatment. Case 29.—The patient suffered from excessive coldness of both the knees and feet, which became thoroughly warm under the influence of the ice. She said : If you are lying in bed a short time [on the ice] it's wonderful how warm your feet get. In Case 30, the patient complained, Feb. 26, 1868, that both knees had been extremely cold during, at least, the previous twelve months ; and while under treatment, he said, March 14th, I've noticed particularly that the knees have become much warmer. Case 31.—Before treatment the patient's feet were always dreadfully cold ; after she had been under treatment about six weeks she said that her feet were de- cidedly and continually warmer, and that she was warmer all over. She remarked : I feel myself much warmer with the ice on than when it is off. In Case 33, the feet, previously cold, were made warm by the ice. In Case 37, there was a like result. In Cases 40 and 42, the patients gave similar testi- mony. In Case 43, the patient reported that the application of the Spinal Ice-bag speedily made her warm aU over. At first, fearing that it would make her cold, she sat near the fire * During the period when attacks by the Fenians were talked of.
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