Diseases of the nervous system : a text-book of neurology and psychiatry . relation between lues and various forms of weak-mindness is not accurately known, but it is known that a large numberof the feeble-minded group are luetic. Syphilitic brain disease mayoccur in early infancy and proceed for some time, producing onlytransient symptoms, perhaps an occasional convulsion, and ulti-mately lead to serious defect. TABES. History.—In any historical presentation a sharp distinction must bemade between the name tabes dorsalis, and the disease as now under-stood. So far as is known, the former had
Diseases of the nervous system : a text-book of neurology and psychiatry . relation between lues and various forms of weak-mindness is not accurately known, but it is known that a large numberof the feeble-minded group are luetic. Syphilitic brain disease mayoccur in early infancy and proceed for some time, producing onlytransient symptoms, perhaps an occasional convulsion, and ulti-mately lead to serious defect. TABES. History.—In any historical presentation a sharp distinction must bemade between the name tabes dorsalis, and the disease as now under-stood. So far as is known, the former had its origin with Hippocrates,the latter, if one accepts the Post-Columbian origin of syphilis,could have come into existence among Europeans and their descendantsafter the Sixteenth century only. The various interpretations given to the Hippocratic term through- TABES 555 out the ages is a chapter of surprises. Spermatorrhea, gonorrhea,leucorrhea, gleet were its initial meanings, with or without signs oforganic disease of the cord; when combined with cord signs—mye~. Fig. 277.—Ganglion-cell degenerationand rod cells in paresis. (Lafora.) ^ •*«*,.. iif. 1^ J t - \^
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