Epilepsy-- its symptoms, treatment, and relation to other chronic convulsive diseasesChurchill, 1861 - 360 pages |
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... immediately perceived ; as , for example , heat of skin , urinary changes , enlargement or hardening of organs . Other physical or textural changes may be inferred from the effect they produce upon the mechanical action of organs . In ...
... immediately perceived ; as , for example , heat of skin , urinary changes , enlargement or hardening of organs . Other physical or textural changes may be inferred from the effect they produce upon the mechanical action of organs . In ...
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... immediately produced by an impression from without . The evidence on the latter point is derived partly from experimental inquiry and partly from clinical observation . Experiment has shown that the primary fact in convulsions is a ...
... immediately produced by an impression from without . The evidence on the latter point is derived partly from experimental inquiry and partly from clinical observation . Experiment has shown that the primary fact in convulsions is a ...
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... immediately dependent upon increase of action . The negative symptoms accompanying the positive , and those of the latter which may be over and above the convulsions , are of great service in arriving at a diagnosis ; but , when ...
... immediately dependent upon increase of action . The negative symptoms accompanying the positive , and those of the latter which may be over and above the convulsions , are of great service in arriving at a diagnosis ; but , when ...
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... immediately admitted by those who have considered the subject , the inference from it , as stated above , has been either withheld or rejected ; and , therefore , some authority and comment may be necessary for its support . In Portal's ...
... immediately admitted by those who have considered the subject , the inference from it , as stated above , has been either withheld or rejected ; and , therefore , some authority and comment may be necessary for its support . In Portal's ...
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... immediately either preceding or following the attacks ; but to those which may be detected in the interval , as more or less persistent con- ditions . Whatever view may be taken of the intimate pathology of epilepsy , its character is ...
... immediately either preceding or following the attacks ; but to those which may be detected in the interval , as more or less persistent con- ditions . Whatever view may be taken of the intimate pathology of epilepsy , its character is ...
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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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