Various forms of hysterical or functional paralysis / by H. Charlton Bastian.
- Henry Charlton Bastian
- Date:
- 1893
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Various forms of hysterical or functional paralysis / by H. Charlton Bastian. 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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![PAGE Case 15.—F., ast. 26, single. Previous rJieumatic fever; attaeJiS of eramj) ; also of obstinate vomiting. Geiieral rigiility of limbs ; no im- pairment of sensibility. Tremors on attempts at movement. Vomiting frequent. Gradual diminution of rigidity and tremors, with increasing power in movement of limbs. Recovery after treatment for three months . 86 Case 16.—F.., cet. 15. Pains in left limbs and in bach. Weakness with some contracture of left leg for nearly five years. In bed for last nine weehs ; recurring pains in back every evening. Occasional aphonia. Rigid contracture of left hip and knee ; no ancesthcsia. Pain and some tenderness over Iwiibar sjnne. Speedy cessation of paroxysmal pain ; also cessation of contracture and recovery of walking power in two weeks . 91 Case n.—F., a^t. 24, single. Neurotic family history ; neurasthenia two years since. Pain and tenderness of left knee for twelve months. Partial paralysis and rigidity of left foot and leg, rvith ajicesthesia below knee; this persisting for eight months before admission. Tlien whole limb paralysed; rigidity at knee and ankle; complete ancestliesia, with some swelling, of foot and leg. Gradual slight improvement; tlien almost stationary for about four months. Rapid improvement after subcutaneous injections. Recovery in sixteen months from onset . . . .92- {B) Cases of the Flaccid Type, due to Functional I>efect IN the Anterior Cornua in Certain Segments of the Spinal Cord gg Case 18.—F., cet. 21, single. Aphonia, and rather sudden flaccid paralysis of both lower extremities four mo7iths before admission. Paraly- sis complete; no loss of sensibility. Reflexes and electrical reactions natural. Very slow recovery of power at first; more rapid after three months. Complete recovery in ten months from onset . . . ,97 Case 19.—F., cet. 14. Increasing iveakness of lower extremities and back after measles five months before admission. Partial paralysis of both lower extremities, and of back muscles. No loss of sensibility, no rigidity. Reflexes and electrical reactions normal. Recovery beginning after three months, and complete in five months from date of admission . . .100 Case 20.—i^, cet. 26. Frlcjht and worry, followed five years since by frequent epileptic attacks for more than two years. Three attacks of Influenza; between first and second, eighteen months ago, supervention of great general weakness. In bed ever since, and soon unable to wash or feed herself. Headaches; extreme general paresis ; only a few patches of diminished se?isibility over feet and legs. Hypercesthesia in interscapular and mammary regions. Electrical reactions normMl. Knee jerks exag- gerated ; no ankle clonus. Slow but steady improvement; recovery in hout four months . . •...,.] 05](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21040229_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
