On tic douloureux, or neuralgia, together with a few cursory remarks on intermittent fever, and its supposed connexion with the former / by James Heygate.

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1836
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    tinned till within two years of her death. The cessa- tion of this discharge caused, in all probability, a great increase of morbid action in this hitherto indolent tu- mour. We know that cancerous diseases frequently appear to originate, or rather are brought into active operation, at this period of life. Secondly, As Mrs B. had occasionally complained of a “ dull pain,” and “ odd senscition,” above the left eye, this tumour might have begun to form some years. Moreover, when well, she frequently expressed a wish to her maid that her head should be ojiened after her death, feeling convinced, from what she frequently felt, that there was something uncommon to be found there. This last reason is almost conclusive that some mis- chief was going on, though she pursued her usual avocations, and did not call in medical aid. Lastly, let us bear in mind, that wherever there seems to be a fixed determination, however slight at first, for dis- eased action to go on, our prognosis should be doubt- ful ; and, satisfied am I, with all deference to the opi- nions of others, that the more formidable, or, I might say, permanently incurable species of Facial Tic Dou- loureux, arises, if not always, far more commonly, ]from organic disease, or some extraneous tumour in the head, than has generally been admitted. So little, indeed, has this view of the subject been advanced, that, with the exception of Sir Henry Halford, I know