Clinical notes of cases of neuralgia in connection with troubles of the accommodation of the eye / by Geo. T. Stevens.

  • Stevens, George T. (George Thomas), 1832-1921.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Clinical notes of cases of neuralgia in connection with troubles of the accommodation of the eye / by Geo. T. Stevens. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    For t-flrelve years slie had sulfered greatly from head- aches, which were for the most part located tlirough the temples. These occurred every two or three weeks, and sometimes more frequently, each attack lasting from one to four days, during which she was invariably forced to spend the most of her time in bed. The frequency and severity of the attacks steadily increased, until three years ago they assumed a decidedly neuralgic character. The pains were at times in the course of the distribiition of the trigemi- nus, and at other times in the arm, extending from the shoulder down the outer and posterior portion to the elbow. Some of the most severe paroxysms oc- curred under the lower point of the right shoulder- blade—a point which at the time of examination was extremely sensitive. So sevei'e and continuous were these pains that during the winter next preceding her visits to me, and the one previous to that, she had been constantly under the immediate care of her family physician. Although less a martyr to her neuralgia in summer than in winter, she was rarely free from it. Her daughter, aged 14, has been a victim of severe and habitual headaches, especially severe after work at school. Confusion of sight and intense pain through the head have been the ordinary result of reading even for a few minutes. I found Mrs. B. to haA'^e an astigmatism corrected by a + 42 cylinder, which she procured and wore. The relief to her head was almost immediate, and the pains iu the shoulders, back of neck, and under