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 . the. Fig. 112.—Side View of Attitude of Pseudo-hypertrophic Paralysis. (Duchenne.) Fig. 113.—Rear View of Attitude of Pseudo-hypertrophic Paralysis. (Duchenne.) arm/ This movement of climbing up the thighs, as it has beentermed, is an indication of weakness in the muscles which straightenthe knee, and also those which extend the trunk upon the thigh,—theextensors of the hip-joint. (See Figs. 52 and 53.) The (jait of these iiat
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 . the. Fig. 112.—Side View of Attitude of Pseudo-hypertrophic Paralysis. (Duchenne.) Fig. 113.—Rear View of Attitude of Pseudo-hypertrophic Paralysis. (Duchenne.) arm/ This movement of climbing up the thighs, as it has beentermed, is an indication of weakness in the muscles which straightenthe knee, and also those which extend the trunk upon the thigh,—theextensors of the hip-joint. (See Figs. 52 and 53.) The (jait of these iiatients is associated with an oscillation of thebody from side to side, or a waddling movement. The advance made ateach step is very small, and a difficulty seems to be experienced inflexing the thigh upon the abdomen. The vmscles of the calf exhibit early a firmness and increase in sizewhich is not proportionate to their motor force,—as that is far below 390 LECTURES OX NERVOUS DISEASES. normal. Soon they become excessively developed, as do also those ofthe buttock, while the other muscles of the leg commonly grow smallerfrom atrophic changes. The latissimus do
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