Lectures on epilepsy, pain, paralysis, and certain other disorders of the nervous system : delivered at the Royal College of Physicians in London / by Charles Bland Radcliffe.

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1864
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    tary, betokens excessive vital excitement in this pro- perty,—and that the treatment required in order to subdue convulsion, or any disorder analogous to convulsion, is one which is calculated to quieten excessive vital excitement. What I. hope to do, is to show that the facts, old and new, but par- ticularly those which have been brought to light during the last fifteen or twenty years, necessitate a very different doctrine, and a not less different practice. With respect to sensation, the current doctrine is,—that certain kinds of nerve-tissue are endowed with a vital property of sensibility,—that sensation is the sign of vital excitement in this property,—that pain, or any sensation analogous to pain denotes excessive vital excitement,—and that the treatment of pain and sensations analo- gous to pain must be ruled according to this view, the proper means being those v/hich are calcu- lated to subdue vital excitement. What I hope to do, is to show that the change in doctrine and practice which is demanded in the case of dis- ordered muscular action is also demanded in the case of disordered sensation. In carrying out this object, I shall speak in succession—
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