Nervous and mental diseases . heilk., Dec, 1903. 3 Riv. di pathologia nerv. e ment., 1906. i Jour. A. M. A., April 13,190 552 NEUBOSES. forward, the neck extended and rigid, the elbows flexed and slightlyabducted, bringing the hands, with their trembling fingers, to the levelof the groins. The face is mask-like, the eyes bright and patient turns bodily, deliberately, and rigidly. He sits down slowly,with precaution, on the edge of the chair, always leaning forward, hisshaking hands on his knees in constant motion. Every change of posi-tion is studied and reluctant. We may take up
Nervous and mental diseases . heilk., Dec, 1903. 3 Riv. di pathologia nerv. e ment., 1906. i Jour. A. M. A., April 13,190 552 NEUBOSES. forward, the neck extended and rigid, the elbows flexed and slightlyabducted, bringing the hands, with their trembling fingers, to the levelof the groins. The face is mask-like, the eyes bright and patient turns bodily, deliberately, and rigidly. He sits down slowly,with precaution, on the edge of the chair, always leaning forward, hisshaking hands on his knees in constant motion. Every change of posi-tion is studied and reluctant. We may take up the symptoms in muscular rigidity is worthy of first attention, as it is thedominant motor phenomenon, causing the peculiar attitudes and pos-tures, the immobile face, and the slowness of movement. It is the motoranalogue of the mental inertia so common in this disease. It is nearlyalways present where the tremor exists, and may be highly developedwithout the tremor, or may first invade the parts that subsequently.
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