Nervous and mental diseases . / y Fig. 239.—Unstimulated cell from poste- Y\%. 240.—Cell from posterior spinal gan- rior spinal ganglion of cat (from Hodge, after glion of cat. First eifect of stimulation (fromTuke). Hodge, after Tuke). may serve to provoke it. Neuritis, neuralgia, and hemiplegia affectingthe writing arm have been followed by the neurosis. The principalinciting cause of the trouble is excessive writing in a bad manner—^that is,in any style that depends upon the employment of the small muscles ofthe hand, wrist, or forearm in chief, and in which the writing move-ments are not m
Nervous and mental diseases . / y Fig. 239.—Unstimulated cell from poste- Y\%. 240.—Cell from posterior spinal gan- rior spinal ganglion of cat (from Hodge, after glion of cat. First eifect of stimulation (fromTuke). Hodge, after Tuke). may serve to provoke it. Neuritis, neuralgia, and hemiplegia affectingthe writing arm have been followed by the neurosis. The principalinciting cause of the trouble is excessive writing in a bad manner—^that is,in any style that depends upon the employment of the small muscles ofthe hand, wrist, or forearm in chief, and in which the writing move-ments are not made entirely from the shoulder. Thus, writers cramp ispractically unknown among stenographers, in spite of the rapidity andtediousness of their work, owing to the fact that the characters employedare best made by the freehand method customarily employed. Gowers,indeed, encountered a stenographer who could write shorthand readily,while ordinary script caused a spasm. Pathology.—Numerous theories have been advanced rega
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