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

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    avocations; the pain in the side could only be perceived occasionally, and in a very slight degree. He was di- rected to take the sulphate of quinine, and to continue the use of the liniment for a few weeks. On the 20th of February he considered himself perfectly well. Aug. 26, 1829. Since the last date he has enjoyed better health than for several preceding years, has gained flesh and become stout in figure. He has entered with great activity both into his business and recreations. A few times, after taking cold, he has felt slight uneasi- ness in the back, and pain in the side; but these were so trilling as to occasion no inconvenience. Case VIII. Neuralgia of the Jlbdominal Parietes and Lower Extremities. June 10th, 1S28. Mr. Thomas B., ast. 20, complains of pain across the body, weakness in the lower extre- mities, and soreness in the thighs. The pain in the abdomen is fixed, not much increased on pressure, and appears seated in the middle portion of the recti-musc- les; the soreness of the thighs extends along their anterior and inner surface, and down the legs in the direction of the anterior surface of the tibiae; his legs totter, and he frequently feels a tendenc)r to falling, from the legs sink- ing under him. He does not appear to have any affec- tion of the stomach, or any internal disorder. The present symptoms have existed three or four weeks, and are ^raduallv increasing. Great tenderness on pressing the second and third lumber vertebrae.