Nervous and mental diseases . ifest in the difficulty of executinga prompt *about face, in suddenly rising from a chair and attemptingto immediately walk forward, in descending a stair, in halting suddenlywhen advancing, and in marking time after the military fashion. Incrossing one knee over the other the moving limb is often raised toohigh and too vigorously dropped across its fellow. When the gait isplainly ataxic, the patient rises from the chair w^ith some suddenness, asif lifted by a spring, then balances a moment before putting himself inmotion. The first steps are usually taken briskly
Nervous and mental diseases . ifest in the difficulty of executinga prompt *about face, in suddenly rising from a chair and attemptingto immediately walk forward, in descending a stair, in halting suddenlywhen advancing, and in marking time after the military fashion. Incrossing one knee over the other the moving limb is often raised toohigh and too vigorously dropped across its fellow. When the gait isplainly ataxic, the patient rises from the chair w^ith some suddenness, asif lifted by a spring, then balances a moment before putting himself inmotion. The first steps are usually taken briskly and the patient mayeven plunge forward. The legs are thrown out widely. The foot goesforward irregularly with some rigidity, the toe up, often departing later-ally from the direct line, and is brought down with a shock upon theheel, or flat-footed. As the body is advanced, there is a tendency tooverextension of the supporting knee-joint, which often produces abackward bowing of the limb and may constitute a marked
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