Of the causes and signs of acute and chronic disease / Translated from the Greek by T.F. Reynolds.

  • Aretaeus of Cappadocia
Date:
1837
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Credit: Of the causes and signs of acute and chronic disease / Translated from the Greek by T.F. Reynolds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE CAUSES AND SIGNS OF ACUTE DISEASES, [Thejirst four Chapters of the Greek Text are lost, and the commencement of the Fifth is defective.] CHAPTER V. ON EPILEPSY. The precursive symptoms are dulness, dizziness, a sensation of weight in the back of the neck, fullness and distension of the cervical veins, nausea pre- vailing chiefly after taking food, though in a slighter degree while fasting; copious pituitous vomiting, loathing and indigestion follow even slight repasts, with flatulence and distension of the hypochondriac regions. Such are the invariable attendants. If the paroxysm be near, there are flashes before the eyes, as of purple or dark hues, or of all colours simultaneously blended “ like the chequered bent of Iris’ bow.” The ears ring, there is a perception of heavy odours, an unusual irritability and wrathful- ness. Some fall to the ground from mere prostration of mind, others from looking intently on a running stream, a top spinning round, or a wheel revolving; B