Paralysis and other affections of the nerves: their cure by transmitted energy and special movements / by Geo. H. Taylor.

  • George H. Taylor
Date:
[1880]
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Credit: Paralysis and other affections of the nerves: their cure by transmitted energy and special movements / by Geo. H. Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PATHOLOGY OF NERVOUS DISEASES. lars, rendering its investigation more difficult, and remedial indications more obscure. The seat of such disease is generally understood to be in the nerve-centers of the brain and spinal cord, organs which are situated beneath and protected by bony coverings, and therefore re- m moved from direct observation. The symptoms of nervous affections are manifested in aberra- tion of sensation and restriction of power at points often quite remote from the diseased cen- ters. Our conclusions regarding the nature and extent of the disease are necessarily founded on rational considerations in connection with light derived from experience. The case is quite different with affections of other portions of the body. We can see the changed color, and the increased size of the affected part; we know that the acute anguish actually pertains to the part to which it is referred, and to no other; we can determine, by direct observation, the physical changes that are transpiring,, and. the curative indications are plain and direct, even though differently constituted minds may judge differently in re- gard to therapeutic measures. In making the following statements and con-
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