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 . ^ and con-tractures. Attacks of extreme dyspnoea and impending collapse werefrequently noted. In the case sliown in the photographs, epileptic attacks had occurredfrequently for fifteen years prior to the published notes upon her con-dition. She had developed right lateral curvature with kyphosis; also a. >^—PR Fig. 132.—Section op Dorsal Region. (After Smith andQuincy.) AR, Anterior nerve-roots (healthy). I,,Lateral column
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 . ^ and con-tractures. Attacks of extreme dyspnoea and impending collapse werefrequently noted. In the case sliown in the photographs, epileptic attacks had occurredfrequently for fifteen years prior to the published notes upon her con-dition. She had developed right lateral curvature with kyphosis; also a. >^—PR Fig. 132.—Section op Dorsal Region. (After Smith andQuincy.) AR, Anterior nerve-roots (healthy). I,,Lateral column (diseased) PR, Posterior nerve-roots(diseased). P, Posterior columns (diseased). C, Centralcanal. POSTEEO-LATERAL SPINAL SCLEROSIS. 595 talipes equino-varus ; and extreme flexion of tlie hands, wrist, forearm,and head. She could neither pick up objects from her lap nor hold themwhen placed in her grasp. Differential Diagnosis.—This disease might possibly be mistaken forlead-poisoning, cerebellar disease, cerebro-spinal sclerosis, lateral spinalsclerosis, amyotrophic lateral spinal sclerosis, locomotor ataxia, chronicmyelitis, and progressive muscular atrophy. Many of the tables given in connection with these diseases will aidthe reader in making the necessary discriminations. I take the liberty of quoting, however, in this connection, severalparagraphs from a late brochure of W. E. Smith, respecting the clinicaldistinctions which seemto be regarded by himas
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