A treatise on neuralgic diseases : dependent upon irritation of the spinal marrow and ganglia of the sympathetic nerve / by Thomas Pridgin Teale.

  • Teale, Thomas Pridgin, 1801?-1868.
Date:
1829
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Credit: A treatise on neuralgic diseases : dependent upon irritation of the spinal marrow and ganglia of the sympathetic nerve / by Thomas Pridgin Teale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Case I. J^Teurahjia of the Scalp, June 5th, 1827. Mr. L., set. 26, complains of a feeling of indisposition, having suifered for a few days from stiffness in the neck, and pain at the back of the head, extending laterally towards the ears, and upwards over the back part of the scalp; perspires much at night; feels languid and unable to attend to business. About four weeks ago he was exposed to the wet and cold, and has ever since been affected with these symp- toms. On pressing the spine there is tenderness in the first cervical vertebra, but no pain whatever is produced by firm pressure on any other part of the spine. Leeches to be applied to the neck. June 10th. The pains in the scalp were immediately relieved, on the application of the leeches, and the per- spirations have gradually ceased. The spine bears pres- sure without any uneasiness. Case II. Intermiltent Neuralgia of the Scalp. June 18th, 1827. Mrs. B., a week after her ac. couchement, complained of pain in the head occur- ring in the afternoons in a violent degree. It was described as a dull, aching pain principally seated i];i the occipital region, but extending from that part over the parietal bones towards the temples, and in the neigh-