On the threatenings of apoplexy and paralysis, inorganic epilepsy, spinal syncope, hidden seizures, the resultant mania, etc. / by Marshall Hall.

  • Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.
Date:
1851
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Credit: On the threatenings of apoplexy and paralysis, inorganic epilepsy, spinal syncope, hidden seizures, the resultant mania, etc. / by Marshall Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In these facts we have the Proof that a slight degree of contraction of the muscles of the neck, induced by the electric current, induces, in its turn, lieiehtened colour of the face, of a florid hue ; and that a greater degree of that contraction induces a deeper colour of the face, the lips and angles of tlie mouth being livid, and the eyes suffused, with confusion of thought, headache, dimness of sight, alternating with flashes of light; these latter remaining for a few minutes after the cessation of the current, and then disappearing. They present the Demonstration of the nature both of trachelismus and plilebismus, and of their effects.—% 107 ; compare § 232 and § 300.