Select cases of the disorder commonly termed the paralysis of the lower extremities. [To which is added a case of catalepsy] / [John Jebb].

  • Jebb, John, 1736-1786
Date:
1782
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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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    the effe&s of complaints merely local, and are frequently derived from fome affections of the vifcera of the abdomen, for which medicines of a very different operation fibould be prefcribed. CASE X. In the courfe of the laft year I was de- fired to vifit a perfon who laboured under an obftinate coftivenefs, and a complaint in his bladder. Upon my arrival at his houfe, I found that he had had no evacuation . by ftool for the laft fortnight, and that for fix months part, his urine, which abounded with a yellow fediment of a purulent appearance, came involuntarily from him, and without his perception. He com¬ plained much of fpafms, and of pains affect¬ ing his calves, his ancles, the foies and the 9 great toes of his feet, which were very ex* cruciating when he fat up in bed. He felt G the