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Tactile Sensibility, 8; Sensibility to Pain, 10; Sensibility to
Temperature, 10; Muscular Sensibility, 11
Reflex Action
Cutaneous Reflex Action, 14; Muscle Reflex Action-
"Tendon-reflexes," 15; Paradoxical Muscular Contrac-
tion, 21
Changes in Nutrition.
Electrical Irritability .
MUSCLES: THEIR ACTION AND PARALYSIS
Muscles moving the Upper Limb, 27; the Lower Limb, 38
8
Structure of Nerves, 46; Physiology of Nerves, 47; Lesions of
Nerves, Secondary Degeneration, 48
SYMPTOMS OF Nerve-injury and DegeneraATION
54
Electrical Changes, 54; Sensory Symptoms, 60; Reflex Action,
61; Vasomotor and Trophic Disturbance, 61
INJURIES OF NERVES
Compression, 62
INFLAMMATION OF NERVES: NEURITIS
Ca es, 64; Pathological Anatomy, 65; Symptoms, 67; Dia-
gnosis, 69; Prognosis, 69; Treatment, 70
62
64
Causes, 74; Symptoms, 75; Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treat-
ment, 76
Phrenic Nerve, 77; Nerves of Upper Limb, 79; Combined
Palsies of the Nerves of the Arm, 89; Diagnosis, 92; Treat-
ment, 92; Nerves of the Lower Limb, 93; Diagnosis, 96;
Treatment, 97
BRACHIAL NEURITIS
PAGE
72
77
97
Causes, 98; Symptoms, 98; Diagnosis, 99; Prognosis, 100
SCIATICA
101
Causes, 102; Pathological Anatomy, 103; Symptoms, 103;
Pathology, 105; Diagnosis, 106; Prognosis, 107; Treat-
ment, 107
MULTIPLE NEURITIS
Varieties, 111; Symptoms, 119; Course, 128; Cause of Death,
129; Complications, 129; Pathological Anatomy, 130;
Pathology, 135; Diagnosis, 138; Prognosis, 144; Treat-
ment, 147
ENDEMIC NEURITIS
108
Symptoms, 153; Pathological Anatomy, 155; Pathology, 155;
Diagnosis, 156; Treatment, 157
LEPROUS NEURITIS
157
Symptoms, 158; Pathology, 160; Diagnosis, 161; Prognosis,
161; Treatment, 161
PART III.-DISEASES OF THE SPINAL CORD.
INTRODUCTION-ANATOMY OF THE CORD
Structure of the Cord.
162
163
Grey Substance, 165; White Substance, 170; Commissure of
the Cord, 184
Blood-supply to the Cord
FUNCTIONS OF THE SPINAL CORD
Motor Conduction, 190; Representation of Movements in the
Cord, 191; Sensory Conduction, 194; Reflex Action, 199;
Adaptation to Posture, 202; Co-ordination of Movement,
203; Influence on Nutrition, 205; Visceral Control, 206;
Mutual Relation of Functions, 209; Table showing approxi-
mate relation to the spinal nerves of the various motor,
sensory, and reflex functions of the spinal cord, 210
187
189
SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE OF THE CORD
211
INDICATIONS OF THE SEAT OF THE LESION: ANATOMICAL DIAGNOSIS:
ANATOMICAL
Motor Symptoms
212
Loss of Motor Power, 212; Motor Over-action-Spasm, 213;
Muscular Contractions, 214; Inco-ordination of Move-
ment, 215
Sensory Symptoms
216
Increased Sensitiveness, 217; Pain, 217; Spontaneous Sen-
sations, 219
Paralysis of Sphincters, 224; Pyrexia, 225; Convulsions,
226
Combination of Symptoms
Total Transverse Lesion, 226; Unilateral Lesion, 229
GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND ETIOLOGY: INDICATION OF THE NATURE
OF THE LESION: PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS
231
238
Causes, 243; Pathological Anatomy, 244; Symptoms, 245;
Complications, 249; Course, 249; Diagnosis, 251; Prog-
nosis and Treatment, 253
TUMOURS AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE SPINE
Growths in the Spinal Column .
Etiology and Symptoms, 257; Diagnosis, 258; Prognosis,
260; Treatment, 260
Causes and Pathological Anatomy, 266; Symptoms, 268;
Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment, 268, 269
Internal Meningitis
Acute Internal Meningitis
Causes, 270; Pathological Anatomy, 271; Symptoms, 274;
Diagnosis, 276; Prognosis, 277; Treatment, 277
SPINAL MENINGITIS (continued)—
Chronic Internal Meningitis
Causes, 280; Pathological Anatomy, 281; Symptoms, 284;
Diagnosis, 287; Prognosis, 289; Treatment, 289
HÆMORRHAGE INTO SPINAL MEMBRANES: SPINAL MENINGEAL
HEMORRHAGE; HEMATORRHACHIS
Causes, 290; Pathological Anatomy, 291; Symptoms, 292;
Diagnosis, 294; Prognosis, 295; Treatment, 295
ABSCESS
Etiology, 300; Pathological Anatomy, 304; Symptoms,
314; Varieties, 321; Pathology, 322; Diagnosis, 324;
Prognosis, 328; Treatment, 329
EMBOLISM
279
290
296
CHRONIC MYELITIS
Etiology, 334; Pathological Anatomy, 336; Symptoms, 341;
Diagnosis, 342; Prognosis and Treatment, 344
COMPRESSION
Causes, 345; Pathological Anatomy, 346; Symptoms, 348;
Diagnosis, 349; Prognosis and Treatment, 350
Acute Atrophic Paralysis (Infantile Palsy)
Etiology, 352; Symptoms, 354; Pathology, 364; Diagnosis,
370; Prognosis, 372; Treatment, 373
Subacute and Chronic Atrophic Spinal Para'sis
378
ACUTE ASCENDING PARALYSIS
380
Causes and Symptoms, 381; Pathology, 383; Diagnosis and
Prognosis, 385; Treatment, 386
Etiology, 391; Pathological Anatomy, 392; Symptoms, 393;
Diagnosis, 394; Prognosis and Treatment, 395
DEGENERATIONS OF CORD
LOCOMOTOR ATAXY-TABES DORSALIS
396
397
History, 398; Causes, 398; Symptoms, 401; Motor, 402;
LOCOMOTOR ATAXY (continued) —
Sensory, 403; Reflex, 406; Eye, 407; Sphincters, 410;
Vaso-motor and Trophic, 410; Visceral, 413; Course and
Termination, 414; Complications, 416; Pathological Ana-
tomy, 418; Pathology, 425; Diagnosis, 431; Prognosis,
434; Treatment, 435
PRIMARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA-PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS
General Pathology, 440; Causes, 442; Symptoms, 443: Patho-
logical Anatomy, 447; Diagnosis, 450; Prognosis and Treat-
ment, 452
ATAXIC PARAPLEGIA
Causes, 453; Symptoms, 454; Pathological Anatomy, 456;
Pathology, 458; Diagnosis, 459; Prognosis and Treatment,
460
PELLAGRA
Causes and Symptoms, 461
HEREDITARY ATAXY-FRIEDREICH'S DISEASE.
Symptoms, 463; Pathological Anatomy, 465; Pathology, 468;
Diagnosis, 469; Prognosis and Treatment, 470
440
461
Causes, 472; Symptoms, 474: Varieties and Complications,
482; Course, 483; Pathological Anatomy, 484; Pathology,
491; Diagnosis, 494; Prognosis, 496; Treatment, 496
ARTHRITIC MUSCULAR ATROPHY
Pathology, 500; Diagnosis and Prognosis, 501; Treatment,
502
Muscular Atrophy from Over-use
IDIOPATHIC MUSCULAR ATROPHY: MYOPATHIC ATROPHY, MUS-
CULAR DYSTROPHY
Pseudo-hypertrophic Muscular Paralysis: Lipomatous Mus-
cular Atrophy
Etiology, 506; Symptoms, 507; Varieties and Complica
470
471
498
503
505
tions, 514; Pathological Anatomy, 514; Pathology,
517; Diagnosis, 519; Prognosis, 520; Treatment, 520
Simple Idiopathic Muscular Atrophy
521
Causes, 522; Symptoms, 523; Pathological Anatomy and
Diagnosis, 528; Prognosis and Treatment, 529
Pathology, 538; Treatment, 540; Congenital Paramyotone, 540;
Ataxic Paramyotone, 541