On paralysis of the third nerve as a complication of Graves' disease / by James Finlayson.

  • James Finlayson
Date:
[1889?]
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Credit: On paralysis of the third nerve as a complication of Graves' disease / by James Finlayson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    portant article on this subject, by M. Gilbert Ballet, in the Revue cle Mcdecine, for 1888, pp. 337 and 513. Its title is L 'Ophthal- moplegic externe et les paralysies des nerfs moteurs bulbaires dans leur rapport avec le goitre exophthalmique et l'hysterie. Contribution a la physiologie pathologique de la maladie de Basedow. In this paper a great many cases are brought together (includ- ing Dr. Bristowe's), and the subject is discussed in a very interesting manner from the point of view of a paralysis of the bulbar nerves in these affections. The author asks (p. 535) if, apart from the generalised form of paralysis termed ophthalmo- plegia, a partial paralysis involving the ocular nerves (3rd, 4th, or 6th pair), has been observed in exophthalmic goitre? He can only quote one definite case of this kind, although in some cases im- paired movements of the eyeball had been observed, apparently due to the mechanical effects of the exophthalmos : this case was by M. Fereol, and in it the 4th nerve was involved. The case here narrated, seems therefore to have a certain value in supplying very definite proof of the implication of the 3rd nerve in this remarkable disease.
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