Volume 1

A text-book of the theory and practice of medicine / by American teachers ; edited by William Pepper.

Date:
1893-1894
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Credit: A text-book of the theory and practice of medicine / by American teachers ; edited by William Pepper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Progressive atrophies ' Progressive spinal muscular atrophy ; type Aran- Duchenne. Pseudo-hypertrophic muscular paralysis. Type Leyden-Mobius. Type Zimmerlin. Type Erb. Type Landouzy-Dejerine. Type Charcot-Marie. Progressive myo- pathic atrophy. Diffuse atrophies Anterior polio- myelitis . . . Infantile form. Acute of adults ; spinal paral- ysis, with rapid course and curable (Landouzy - Deje- rine); subacute and chronic form ; chronic mixed form (Erb); diffuse subacute, gen- eral spinal paralysis (Du- chenne). ^ Syringomyelia. C Multiple neuritis < (amyotrophic V. form). [' With secondary degeneration involving the an- I terior cornua. i Without secondary degeneration involving the an- terior cornua. Muscular atrophy in hysteria. Muscular atrophy from ( . i • i i i • . „ , ] Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, systemic disease oi the < i i • i i i • ■ ^ 1^ (jrlosso-labio-laryngeal paralysis. Facial hemiatrophy Muscular atrophy of cer- ebral origin Lead paralysis. Leprous neuritis. Alcoholic neuritis. 1^Atrophy in myelitis. J Atrophy in compression of the coi'd. ...o^c.,^ ui.v, I ^^j,Qpj-^y multiple sclerosis. Atrophy in tabes dorsalis. Atrophy complicating other disease of the cor' We shall here consider only the idiopathic muscular atrophy, the primary muscular dystrophy of Erb. The disease is characterized by muscular wast- ing with or without an initial hypertrophy. The essential change is in the muscles themselves, and as hereditary influences play an important role, it is probable that there is some inherent defect in the germinal tissues from which the muscnlar system is developed. Etiolog-y.—Congenital tendencies exist in many instances, and the disease is met with in family groups or many members are attacked through several