Tic douloureux, or neuralgia facialis, and other nervous affections : their seat, nature, and cause : with cases illustrating successful methods of treatment / by R.H. Allnatt.

  • Allnatt, R. H. (Richard Hopkins)
Date:
1841
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    period, ceases to make any impression [how this follows is not evident]; but, after this rest, the nerve acquires fresh powers [in what manner?], and is again fitted for action.”1 This, which merely reasserts a fact and yields no explanation, will, of course, apply to any disorder occurring in paroxysms. DESCRIPTION. Tic Douloureux, as before observed, is placed by Dr. Goode in the class Neurotica, under the genus Neuralgia, by the designation Neuralgia Faciei, and is thus described: “Lancinating pains, shooting from the region of the mouth to the orbit, often to the ear and over the cheek, palate, teeth, and fauces, with convulsive twitchings of the adjoining muscles.” This is a brief and somewhat imperfect description of the situation of the affection; and it conveys but a faint idea of the character of the pain. 1 Swan on tbe Diseases and Injuries of tbe Nerves.