On the condition of the knee-jerk, ankle-clonus, and plantar reflex, after epilepsy in seventy fits : and on post-epileptic conjugate deviation of the eyes / by Charles E. Beevor.

  • Beevor, Charles, E. (Charles Edward), 1854-1908.
Date:
1883
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Credit: On the condition of the knee-jerk, ankle-clonus, and plantar reflex, after epilepsy in seventy fits : and on post-epileptic conjugate deviation of the eyes / by Charles E. Beevor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE CONDITION OF THE KNEE-JERK, ANKLE- CLONUS, AND PLANTAR REFLEX AFTER EPI- LEPSY, IN SEVENTY FITS; AND ON POST- EPILEPTIC CONJUGATE DEVIATION OF THE EYES. BY CIIA11LES E. BEEVOR, M.D. LOND., M.R.C.P., Late Resident Medical Ojji er to the National Hospital foY the Paralysed and Epileptic. The presence of ankle-clonus and excessive knee-jerk (patellar tendon reflex) after epileptic fits was first pointed out by Dr. Hugldings-Jackson in a case of unilateral convulsions, which was recorded by him in the ‘Medical Times and Gazette’ for February 12th, 1881. While Resident Medical Officer at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, I was asked by Dr. Hughlings-Jackson, and also by Dr. Gowers, to make observations as to the presence of ankle-clonus and the knee- jerk after epileptic seizures, and the following results were obtained by personal observation of seventy fits occurring in thirty-one different patients. I have to thank the physicians under whose care these cases were, for allowing me to record the following observations. To obviate as much as possible any source of error, I took myself, or dictated, notes at the time, and directly afterwards copied them out in full. The knee-jerk was tested with a heavy vulcanite stethoscope, with a ring of india-rubber round the disc, as advised by Dr. Buzzard, instead of trusting to the rougher method by striking with the edge of the hand. The plantar reflex was tested by a sharp quill-pen, and the ankle-clonus was tried with the knee at various angles, as it