A treatise on neuralgic diseases : dependent upon irritation of the spinal marrow and ganglia of the sympathetic nerve / by Thomas Pridgin Teale.

  • Teale, Thomas Pridgin, 1801?-1868.
Date:
1834
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    Before entering more particularly into the considera- tion of the affections he is about to describe, Dr. Dar- wall considers the following circumstance ought to be referred to, That disorders attacking the origins of nerves, or their attachment to the central mass whether this be the brain or spinal chord, always disturb the functions of the organs to which such nerves are des- tined. The author then relates cases in which palpi- tations of the heart formed the prominent symptom, which were relieved by the application of blisters to the spine, after the usual remedies had failed, and in one case, after leeches had been applied to the region of the heart without benefit. The following is the description given by Dr. Dar- wall of a form in which cerebral and spinal irritation is frequently exhibited, particularly in young females. It is attended by severe and constant pain in one or both hypochondria, extending to the shoulder and arm of the affected side, not always aggravated by pressure, and ceasing immediately upon or in a short time after lying down. It is this pain of which the patients gene- rally complain, and it frequently endures for several years. It is generally attended with much constitu- tional disturbance. There is headache, with great heat in the external surface of the head, severe throbbino- of the temples, and pain in the nape of the neck. The temper is capricious, and the spirits very variable ; and at the catamenial periods, the depression in many cases is excessive. The tongue, after some time, is furred, and the back part greatly tuberculated. The stomach suffers under the various forms of dyspepsia, gastro- dynia, flatulence, pyrosis, &c ; the bowels are in many instances much distended, and there is continual clangor intestinorum. Palpitation of the heart, more