Case of paralysis as to voluntary motor power of the limbs on one side of the body, attended by hyperæsthesia as regards the impressions of pinching and pricking on the corresponding side of the face : being the result of compression of certain lateral parts of the brain from an intra-cranial aneurism : with observations on "induced" cerebral paralysis / by John W. Ogle, M.D.

  • Ogle, John W. (John William), 1824-1905.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Case of paralysis as to voluntary motor power of the limbs on one side of the body, attended by hyperæsthesia as regards the impressions of pinching and pricking on the corresponding side of the face : being the result of compression of certain lateral parts of the brain from an intra-cranial aneurism : with observations on "induced" cerebral paralysis / by John W. Ogle, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ness of the left side of the neck and lower jaw. Anaesthesia, as to pricking, pinching, &c., was wholly absent; but now the sense of taste had become interfered with on the left side of the tongue, the power of swallowing remaining good. She told me at this time of her sons having become the subjects of consumption. After the above date, I never again saw the patient alive. She appears to have gone on much in the same condition for about two years, during which time she had occasional returns of convulsive attacks, but scarcely to have suffered in any way from headache. At the end of the above period she heard of the death of one of her sons, and imme- diately had a violent epileptic seizure, for which she was attended by Mr. Bain, of Poplar. In a letter, which that gentleman kindly sent to me, he states that for several months she enjoyed exemption from the fits, but in Septem- ber, 1856, she had one of a very aggravated character, the right side of the body being tolerably quiet, whilst the left arm was much convulsed, and the left eyelids continually winking. The right eye was, however, kept open, and the pupil of both eyes dilated, both eyeballs roll- ing about from side to side. The patient died immediately after this violent attack. Treatment.—As I have before stated, when I first saw this patient she was under the influence of mercury, which, * along with small quantities of ipecacuanha, and occasional aloetic purgatives, had been resorted to, under the impres- sion that she was the subject of some form of intra-cranial chronic inflammation. Agreeing in this assumption for some time, I determined to continue this method of treat- ment, but with caution, combining with it the use of good nourishment. Afterwards, however, especially when I learnt her family history, and found that she became weaker, I discontinued the mercury, and gave her quinine and strychnia, which evidently agreed with her. Under their use, according to her husband, she became freer from pain, her appetite was improved, and her general comfort