Select cases of the disorder commonly termed the paralysis of the lower extremities. [To which is added a case of catalepsy] / [John Jebb].

  • John Jebb
Date:
1783
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Credit: Select cases of the disorder commonly termed the paralysis of the lower extremities. [To which is added a case of catalepsy] / [John Jebb]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    t <8 ] the ftroke, but recovered himfelf in a few minutes, and felt no inconvenience for iome days. About a week after the accident, he be¬ gan to be fenfible of weaknefs in his limbs : at the clofe of the following fortnight, the fpinal procefs of the fecond dorfal vertebra became a little protuberant; and in three weeks more, his complaints had increafed with fo much rapidity, that the ufe of his lower extremities was entirely loft, and all fenfation in them totally extindl: they were alfo rigid, the feet being pointed downwards, as if the gaftrocnemii mufcles were in a ft a te of fpafm. He had been under the care of Dr. Pitcairn for above nine months, who attended to his cafe with Angular humanity 3 but having pre¬ ferred various medicines and applications, without the wifhed-for fuccefs, at length he recommended him to the care of Mr. Pott. When the cauftics were ordered,