Excerpt from Archives of Medicine: A Record of Practical Observations, and Anatomical and Chemical Researches Connected With the Investigation and Treatment of Disease Setting aside the theory of lead poisoning, the disease which appeared most closely to resemble that of Dr. P. At the time I first saw him, was the form Of palsy described by Cruveilhier, Aran, and others, as the Paralysie musculaire atrophique, or Atrophie musculaire progressive. The chief points of re semblance were the wasting Of particular groups of muscles; the symmetrical character of the disease; the preservation Of the tactile sensibility, whether tested by the sensations Of the patient, or by the method of Weber; and the absence Of any central paralysis, or, indeed, Of any except the most vague indications Of disorder (even functional) of the brain and spinal cord. I remember distinctly, indeed, that the patient at this time complained Of some degree of difficulty in walking, as well as of pain in the lower limbs (which had been a very early symptom) and also Of a liability to trip in going down a stair (it must be mentioned that there was ice on the ground at the time) but after careful examination, I found it impossible to determine how far these symptoms were real and positive, and how far they depended upon the intense exaggeration and nervous irritability which appeared to pervade his entire narra tive of his own sufferings. To the last, although the patient became very inactive and unwilling to walk, there was no distinct indication of paraplegia, either in his gait, or in his power Of retaining his balance in the upright posture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.