Clinical Notes on Neuralgia of the Sciatic Nerve Caused by Syphilis (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Clinical Notes on Neuralgia of the Sciatic Nerve Caused by SyphilisIT seems somewhat singular, considering how carefully the numerous symptoms and affections of syphilis have been de scribed, that the various manifestations of the action of this virus upon the sciatic nerve have never really been carefully and properly studied, so that to-day we are scarcely more ad vanced in our knowledge than we were in the year 1859, when Gros and Lancereaux together and G. Lagneau alone wrote extended works on syphilis of the nervous system in competi tion for the Civrieux prize, which the Imperial Academy of Medicine of Paris awarded to the two first co-workers. As the knowledge of this affection is both important and inter esting, I think it is well to brie¿y present the cases and views of those who have written on this subject before detailing the few instances which have come under my Observation. Uh fortunately there are on record, as instances of syphilis of the sciatic nerve, cases in Which the history is either meager and insufficient or even in some instances open to grave doubt. Indeed, it may be said of some, as it may be said of the his.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.