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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    I [ 68 ] flrongly imprelfed with anxiety and appre- henfion. At times (lie uttered £hort and vehement exclamations, in a piercing tone of voice, expreffive of the paffions that agi¬ tated her mind; her hands being ftrongly locked in each other, and all her mufcles, thofe fubfervient to fpeech excepted, being affedted with the fame rigidity as before. During the time of my attendance, fimi- lar appearances were frequently exhibited. I was informed by the family of many particularities in the accefs of the diforder, all denoting its inftantaneous effedt upon the nervous fyftem, She once was feized in my prefence while drinking tea, and became univerfally rigid, at the inftanfc (he was advancing the tea-cup to her mouth. Her tears fometimes flowed copioufly, while every internal, as well as external fenfe feemed entirely locked up in fieep. I will