. mpanied bystrong suggestion, and theboy walked out of the clinicas well as ever. Two dayslater he had a shock,fell, and, after a momentor two of a jerky feelingin the left arm and leg hewas left with the cleared apparentlyspontaneously. On his nextvisit the entire conditionwas easily produced bywaking suggestion. When the magnetsare applied and suggestionis made a sense of numb-ness is induced in the arm,and gradual slow contrac-tion of forsarm, wrist andfingers occurs, marked inarm a ad fingers. At thetime when semiflexion isreached he complains ofpain in the re
. mpanied bystrong suggestion, and theboy walked out of the clinicas well as ever. Two dayslater he had a shock,fell, and, after a momentor two of a jerky feelingin the left arm and leg hewas left with the cleared apparentlyspontaneously. On his nextvisit the entire conditionwas easily produced bywaking suggestion. When the magnetsare applied and suggestionis made a sense of numb-ness is induced in the arm,and gradual slow contrac-tion of forsarm, wrist andfingers occurs, marked inarm a ad fingers. At thetime when semiflexion isreached he complains ofpain in the region of theelbow. The contractionscan be but partly overcome,add only with the employ-ment of considerable hjmihypalgesia of the en-tire left half of body, face and extremities is present, more marked in the upper half of thebody, but present even on the left half of penis and scrotum,ceasing abruptly at the median line of the body. (Vide pho tgraph.) The contraction is made to disappear in a few mome n. 760 ARTHUR WILLARD FAIRBANKS by suggestion, but some diminution of sensation remains, andthe restriction of the visual fields is entirely uninfluenced.(Vide diagram of fields on the perimeter scale.)
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