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 . may be mentioned certainpsychical influences, irritation of the wound, epidemic influences, atmos-pheric conditions, concussion of the head or spine, p^a^mic poisoning, etc. 582 LECTURES ON NERVOUS DISEASES. The exciting woiiiid miiy be extremely insignificant in some lias been known to Ibllovv tUe sting of a bee, the pulHng of atooth, the piercing of the ear, ulcerations, etc. Among other forms of injuries recei
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 . may be mentioned certainpsychical influences, irritation of the wound, epidemic influences, atmos-pheric conditions, concussion of the head or spine, p^a^mic poisoning, etc. 582 LECTURES ON NERVOUS DISEASES. The exciting woiiiid miiy be extremely insignificant in some lias been known to Ibllovv tUe sting of a bee, the pulHng of atooth, the piercing of the ear, ulcerations, etc. Among other forms of injuries received of a more serious character,which have resulted in tetanus, may be mentioned the wounds of thesurgeons knife, lacerations of the cervix uteri, the exposure of anabraded mucous membrane (as in the puerperal state), and accidentaltraumatisms of various kinds. A variety of tetanus is not uncommonly observed between the fifthand twelfth days of life, which is known as trismus neonatorum.^ Itmay be attributed in many cases to disease of the umbilicus, faecal stasis,and mechanical irritation of the medulla oblongata from strong extensionof the head during Fig. 127.—A Makkeu Paroxysm of Tetanus. (After a drawing by Sir Chas. Bell ) The rheumatic variety of tetanus is a rare form of disease. Manyauthors of to-day express a doubt as to whether genuine tetanus is everdependent upon exposure to cold or dampness, or an excess of lacticacid in the blood. The toxic variety of tetanus may occur in certain forms of poisoningby drugs, chiefly from an overdose of strychnine or picrotoxine. It isstated by some authors that clonic muscular spasms are more often notedthan the tonic in this variety of tetanus. The idiojMthic variety of tetanus comprises all cases in which noexciting cause can be discovered. In many such cases the presence ofan epidemic, due probably to some atmospheric influences, exists. Symptoms.—After a wound, the onset of tetanus is usuall}^ precededb}^ more o
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