Epilepsy-- its symptoms, treatment, and relation to other chronic convulsive diseasesChurchill, 1861 - 360 pages |
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... examples of their correctness ; and that therefore those so - called " general principles " are demonstrably wrong ... example , a certain " cause " has been seen followed by a parti- cular disease ; the relation has been carefully ...
... examples of their correctness ; and that therefore those so - called " general principles " are demonstrably wrong ... example , a certain " cause " has been seen followed by a parti- cular disease ; the relation has been carefully ...
Page xiv
... examples should differ from the other half . The proper conclusion is , either that the symptom in question , when present , was not essential to the fact of epilepsy , or that the cases from which it was absent were not true examples ...
... examples should differ from the other half . The proper conclusion is , either that the symptom in question , when present , was not essential to the fact of epilepsy , or that the cases from which it was absent were not true examples ...
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... examples of that disease with regard to which I have been able to record accurate information . In them I could trace no evidence of any other affection , and to them I could apply no other name than epilepsy . The number , it may be ...
... examples of that disease with regard to which I have been able to record accurate information . In them I could trace no evidence of any other affection , and to them I could apply no other name than epilepsy . The number , it may be ...
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... example , tumour of the brain may induce no symptoms except in the digestive organs ; * that it may produce headache as almost its sole exponent , or blindness , convulsions , hemi- * Abercrombie's " Pathological and Practical ...
... example , tumour of the brain may induce no symptoms except in the digestive organs ; * that it may produce headache as almost its sole exponent , or blindness , convulsions , hemi- * Abercrombie's " Pathological and Practical ...
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... example , pain , or numbness . Symptoms resolve themselves into modifications of structure , such as hypertrophy , variolous pustules , & c . , and of function , as , for example , paralysis , convulsions , flux , and the like . So that ...
... example , pain , or numbness . Symptoms resolve themselves into modifications of structure , such as hypertrophy , variolous pustules , & c . , and of function , as , for example , paralysis , convulsions , flux , and the like . So that ...
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absent Age at commencement appears asphyxia cachexia cause cent cerebral chloroform clonic spasm condition of epileptics convulsions degree Delasiauve deterioration disease eccentric irritation emotional disturbance epilepsia gravior epilepsia mitior epileptiform Esquirol evidence exhibited existed extremely fact female sex fits following table four fourth classes frequency of attacks groups hereditary epilepsy hereditary predisposition hereditary taint impaired individuals induced influence intellectual interparoxysmal larger number latter le petit mal less loss of consciousness Maladies Mentales male sex Marshall Hall mean age mean duration medulla oblongata meningitis mental class mental condition mental failure motility muscles muscular nervous system number of attacks nutrition observed occurred organic condition organic health pain paralysis paroxysm patients petit phenomena present puberty pulse rate of frequency regard relation respiration rheumatic fever seizures sensation slight spinal spinal cord suffered symptoms tonic Total number Traité de l'Épilepsie tremor vertigo violent whereas
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