Diseases of the nervous system : a text-book of neurology and psychiatry . uses found on the previous page may cause a sciatica, but special lArch. Gen. de Med. (1864). Oppenheim. LUMBAR PLEXUS NEURALGIAS 265 emphasis should be laid upon two or three. Trauma is responsiblein many cases for the development of sciatica. Syphilitic osteo-arthritis, and syphilitic meningitis of mild grade are responsible for thedevelopment of intractable sciaticas. Certain French authors claimas high as 90 per cent, of all sciaticas to be due to this syphilitic this respect then sciatica stands in sharp
Diseases of the nervous system : a text-book of neurology and psychiatry . uses found on the previous page may cause a sciatica, but special lArch. Gen. de Med. (1864). Oppenheim. LUMBAR PLEXUS NEURALGIAS 265 emphasis should be laid upon two or three. Trauma is responsiblein many cases for the development of sciatica. Syphilitic osteo-arthritis, and syphilitic meningitis of mild grade are responsible for thedevelopment of intractable sciaticas. Certain French authors claimas high as 90 per cent, of all sciaticas to be due to this syphilitic this respect then sciatica stands in sharp contrast to the neuralgicneuritides of the upper extremities. Gout is an infrequent causative factor, while diabetes is morecommon, especially for double-sided sciaticas. Double sciaticas mayalso be the expression of a tumor of the pelvis, of pressure due to agravid uterus, of venous stasis, spinal cord tumor, or new growthsof the pelvis. Occasionally prostatic enlargement of tuberculous or ILIOHYPOGASTRICILIO-INGUINAL GENiTOFtMORAL EXTERNALCUTANEOUS TO PSOAS ANDILIACUS. iL (anterior r\ /ACCESSORY// crural)^V/ obtur«tor/,< --^^ obturator\\,X Fig. 128.—Diagram of the lumbar plexus. gonorrheal origin have given rise to sciatic pains. Exposure to cold,with prolonged standing is frequently met with in the histories, andoccasionally in those who sit a great deal. Prolonged walking ormarching may occasion an attack, and bicycling predisposes tomechanical injury of the nerve. It is a comparatively common affection, particularly in men, beingone of the most frequent neuralgias met with in dispensary constipation as a cause should not be overlooked. Theetiological factor in some cases is impossible to find; this is a resultof our insufficient methods of examination. Symptoms.—There is no one sciatica, there are many, and it isadvisable at the outset to separate those cases in which the principal 266 AFFECTIONS OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES symptoms are pain and inabi
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