A letter to Sir Benjamin C. Brodie ... containing a critical inquiry into his "Lectures illustrative of certain local nervous affections" / by William Goodlad.

Date:
1840
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Credit: A letter to Sir Benjamin C. Brodie ... containing a critical inquiry into his "Lectures illustrative of certain local nervous affections" / by William Goodlad. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    at this time that the spine was examined, and great tenderness was found there, extending over the third, fourth, and fifth dorsal vertebrae, for which the patient was freely leeched; the cough yielded, and from that time to the present the pulse has been quite regular, and the pain in the thumb has only recurred once, and then for a few moments only. CASE. In 1822, 1 was desired to visit R— R—, Esq., who was suffering from intense pain, commencing at the lower edge of the gastrocnemius muscle, and extending to the foot and ankle, on the outer edge of which the pain was described as exces- sively severe. It had existed constantly for ten days and nights, but previously there had been occasional acute pains which had been little attended to. Examination of the foot produced no aggrava- tion of symptoms; there was neither redness nor swelHng, nor was there the least tenderness along the whole course of the nerve from the ischiatic notch to the toes. The spine was therefore exa- mined, and tenderness over three of the lumbar vertebrse discovered, where, after a plentiful leech- ing and the lapse of several days, a cupping glass was applied and twelve ounces more blood taken. A large blister was applied afterward, and rest still strictly enjoined. The bowels were freely acted upon, and the patient was confined to a spare diet. L