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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    [ 2 4 ] date of her admiffion. A violent flooding was the immediate effedh To this fuc- ceeded a lofs of the ufe of the lower extre¬ mities, and a protuberance in the fpine. She laboured alfo under diforders of the domach and bowels, apparently indepen¬ dent of that, which had produced the cur¬ vature, and paralytic affedtions. For this reafon, as well as from fome doubts I enter¬ tained, refpe&ing the affigned date of the derangement in her fpine, I have omitted the further mention of particular fymptcms. I have feledted the cafe, however, as de- ferving of attention, on account of fome Angularities in the appearances after death., The cauftics wTere applied, but produced no alteration in her fymptoms. She gra¬ dually funk under her complicated com- Upon opening the abdomen, we dif¬ fered many conglobate glands, in the vicinity