. Medical and surgical therapy. HISTORICAL 503 obvious disturbance of the electrical reactions. Exami-nation of the hip showed a slight limitation of themovements of flexion and internal rotation of the thighon the pelvis, which did not appear to be related tothe motor disorder. The X-rays showed no lesion ofthe joint. The right knee jerk seemed to be alittle more brisk than the left, but the asymmetrywas doubtful. The tendo Achillis reflexes were normaland equal. There was no ankle or patellar the other hand, the affected limb showed markedand persistent vaso-motor disturbance and a
. Medical and surgical therapy. HISTORICAL 503 obvious disturbance of the electrical reactions. Exami-nation of the hip showed a slight limitation of themovements of flexion and internal rotation of the thighon the pelvis, which did not appear to be related tothe motor disorder. The X-rays showed no lesion ofthe joint. The right knee jerk seemed to be alittle more brisk than the left, but the asymmetrywas doubtful. The tendo Achillis reflexes were normaland equal. There was no ankle or patellar the other hand, the affected limb showed markedand persistent vaso-motor disturbance and a verydefinite hypothermia. Owing to the severity of the vaso-motor disturbancewe thought that we were justified in asserting thatthese symptoms were not due to hysteria and wereprobably connected with the so-called reflex pheno-mena. But the tendon reflexes in the affected limbwere not remarkably exaggerated, and therefore themost characteristic sign was missing. There werereasons for supposing that the vicious attitude andmu
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