A Clinical Treatise on the Diseases of the Nervous System, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Clinical Treatise on the Diseases of the Nervous System, Vol. 2Infantile paralysis was described as early as the last century by Under wood (treatise on the Diseases of Children, London, erroneously considered it to be an idiopathic paralysis, and Duchenne de scribed it under the name of fatty atrophic paralysis of childhood. It usual] begins suddenly. After one or several attacks of fever, accomo panicfi by general symptoms of irritation (insomnia, convulsions, delirium, cries), but usually without disturbance of the intelligence, the parents or attendants notice, to their great surprise, when lifting the child, that he has been seized with paralysis during the night. The acute period only continues a short time, and is often entirely unnoticed. The ral 818 then becomes evident, and frequently extends to the trunk and lim Eat it soon leaves the upper parts of the body, and remains permanent in one or two limbs, or only in certain groups of muscles. This circumscribed paralysis usual] involves one of the upper or lower limbs. In the upper imbs the muse es afiected, by preference, are the extensors of the arm or forearm and fingers, in the ower limbs they are the extensor of the thigh (psoas), but much more frequent] the muscles innervated by the peroneal nerve, or the triceps muscle. Gpinal infantile paral sis may as sume the form of paraplegia, and very rare] of hemiplegia the latter is almost always of cerebral origin). It may also affect the foot and hand upon opposite sides, or the muscles of the trunk (with secondary lateral curvature of the s inal column). In very rare instances, as in the follow ing observation, the paralysis occurs in both upper limbs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.