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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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    That is described as exceedingly acute and lan- cinating, plunging through the part affected with the rapidity of lightning, or as a violent stabbing pain, which sometimes follows the course of a particular nerve, and at others is seated in its ultimate ramifications. When the face is affected, the slightest motion is sometimes sufficient to pro- duce a paroxysm; a touch, the rush of cold air, and the action of the jaws in mastication, fre- quently excite insupportable agony. The muscles in the immediate vicinity of the nerve are affected with twitchings; and small hard painful knobs are often felt along its course. Local de- terminations frequently take place, and conse- quent increase of temperature; so that, when the pain occurs in the cheek, fauces, or tongue, a copious flow of saliva is produced; and tears flow' abundantly when the ophthalmic branch of the fifth is affected, that being the source from which the lacrymal gland derives its principal supply of nerves. A recent writer, who for some years suffered from Tic Douloureux, has thus portrayed his
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