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 . Figs IIS and 119.—Case of Charcots Disease of Left Knbe-Joint followingLocomotor Ataxia. (From photographs in the possession of the Author.) constituents of the bones are diminished and replaced by fat; and thatprobably the specific gravity of the affected bones would show a decreasefrom that of those unaffected. In these respects, the morbid changes aretotally at variance with those of rheumatic arthritis. In connection with
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 . Figs IIS and 119.—Case of Charcots Disease of Left Knbe-Joint followingLocomotor Ataxia. (From photographs in the possession of the Author.) constituents of the bones are diminished and replaced by fat; and thatprobably the specific gravity of the affected bones would show a decreasefrom that of those unaffected. In these respects, the morbid changes aretotally at variance with those of rheumatic arthritis. In connection with the changes in the bone and joints, gastric com-plications sometimes occur. They are characterized by attacks of SCLEROSIS OF THE POSTERIOR COLUMNS. 403 vomiting and severe gastralgia. The^- are more commonly observed infemales than in males. Finally, the stiii may exhibit trophic disturbances in the form ofherpetic eruptions and bed-sores, Eichhorst has contrasted the percentages of the more importantsymptoms of locomotor ataxia, according to the deductions given byBernhardt and Erb, in the following table :— 1. Absence of Patellar Tendon Reflex . . 2. Lan
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