Lectures on nervous diseases from the standpoint of cerebral and spinal localization, and the later methods employed in the diagnosis and treatment of these affections . (M. CHOEEA. 499 The following case illustrates tiie importance of correction ofanomalies of the visual apparatus:— Chronic Chorea of Thirty-one Years Duration, affecting the Head, Face, and all theExtremities.—Female, aged thirty-three, unmarried. Family History.—The father had puhnonary hemorrhages for many years. Onepaternal aunt died of hasty consumption. Sick-headaches are very common amontboth paternal and maternal ancest
Lectures on nervous diseases from the standpoint of cerebral and spinal localization, and the later methods employed in the diagnosis and treatment of these affections . (M. CHOEEA. 499 The following case illustrates tiie importance of correction ofanomalies of the visual apparatus:— Chronic Chorea of Thirty-one Years Duration, affecting the Head, Face, and all theExtremities.—Female, aged thirty-three, unmarried. Family History.—The father had puhnonary hemorrhages for many years. Onepaternal aunt died of hasty consumption. Sick-headaches are very common amontboth paternal and maternal ancestors. Neuralgia is a frequent comj)laint among thepaternal ancestors. When two years of age, this girl develojied chorea. The spasmodic twitchingssteadily grew worse, in spite of the fact that her father was a physician, and that she hadthe services of the most skillful medical men from time to time. The twitchings began onthe right side; but they subsequently involved the left side, and also the head and face. She has suffered some from sick-headaches, as has also her sister. The hajids haiJCf/radiially become so contractured that all attempts to use them are m
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