An American text-book of the diseases of childrenIncluding special chapters on essential surgical subjects; orthopaedics, diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat; diseases of the skin; and on the diet, hygiene, and general management of children . Contraction of the Visual Fields in Hysteria. Field of 0. S. (From authors case; drawn by Dr. Riesman.) ^ This case furnishes a commentary on the claims of some English writers that hysteria, asdescribed in France, does not exist in England. This patient is a typical English girl, born inBirmingham, and drops her As unmistakably. Yet she exhibits
An American text-book of the diseases of childrenIncluding special chapters on essential surgical subjects; orthopaedics, diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat; diseases of the skin; and on the diet, hygiene, and general management of children . Contraction of the Visual Fields in Hysteria. Field of 0. S. (From authors case; drawn by Dr. Riesman.) ^ This case furnishes a commentary on the claims of some English writers that hysteria, asdescribed in France, does not exist in England. This patient is a typical English girl, born inBirmingham, and drops her As unmistakably. Yet she exhibits the grand attack as perfectlyas though she were in La Salpetriere. HYSTERIA. 739. Contraction of the Visual Fields in Hysteria. Field of O. D. (From authors case.) flushed, and a rapt expression appears. The breathing is hurried and the pulse eyes converge in internal strabismus and the pupils dilate. The arms maybe placedin any position, and remain fixed in true cataleptoid rigidity (see Fig. 1). The hystericalsymptoms are seemingly interrupted at times by the catalepsy. The tonic stage lasts fora long time. The clonic stage is of rather short duration, and is marked by tremors andclonic movements of not very wide range. Grand movements are observed in someattacks. The seizure ends in a paroxysm of tears and sobs. A lethargic state follows. Between the paroxysms the patient has marked anaesthesia, both in geometric areasand in islets (see Figs. 2 and 3). Sensation is blunted in the buccal and lingual mucousmembranes. There is no thermo-ansesthesia. There is some vasomotor weakness, shownby a bright erythematous flush extending for an inch or two around t
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