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 . paralyzed after the Fig 124.—Convulsion of Hystero-Epilepsy. (From a photograph. Case of C. K. Mills.) During the intervals which elapse between these attacks of hystero-epilepsy, many of the sjmptoms enumerated as h^^sterical develop ; such,for example, as paralysis, anaesthesia, hypersesthesia, and diminution ofthe special senses. 33 514 LECTURES ON NERVOUS DISEASES. CATALEPSY. Catalepsy can be classed as a conditi
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 . paralyzed after the Fig 124.—Convulsion of Hystero-Epilepsy. (From a photograph. Case of C. K. Mills.) During the intervals which elapse between these attacks of hystero-epilepsy, many of the sjmptoms enumerated as h^^sterical develop ; such,for example, as paralysis, anaesthesia, hypersesthesia, and diminution ofthe special senses. 33 514 LECTURES ON NERVOUS DISEASES. CATALEPSY. Catalepsy can be classed as a condition closely allied to is a functional neurosis, with no recognized pathology. It is char-acterized by attacks of partial or corni)lete loss of consciousness, whichare accompanied by a peculiar rigidity of the muscles. During theseattacks, the limbs remain in any position in which they chance to be atthe onset, unless they are passively moved into some other position byoutside influence or until the limb falls from exhaustion of the muscles. Although the muscles appear tense and unyielding, a slight amountof force suffices to came them to yield and to assume any posture whichan in
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