Select cases of the disorder commonly termed the paralysis of the lower extremities / by John Jebb.

  • John Jebb
Date:
1782
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Credit: Select cases of the disorder commonly termed the paralysis of the lower extremities / by John Jebb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    s [ 47 ] its the accident, which gave occafion to thefe fymptoms, was not known to the friends of the patient, the diforder was treated as a feverifh complaint. It fome- times remitted, at other times a perfed: in- termiffion of the feverifli fymptoms took place. The power of moving his limbs was daily diminifhed, until, at the clofe of ten days from the time of the accident, he was utterly incapable of lifting them from the ground. At this period no fwelling was perceptible on his back. In about a month after the time of re- ceiving the injury, his fituation was truly deplorable: his appetite was loft, his pulfe was quick and feeble : he was affedled with a cough and purging, and the facies Hip- pocratica was evident to an extreme degree. At this time a lump was difcovered, about the fize of a large egg, not much inflamed £ior very painful, which comprehended the fecond