G. Etienne. Generalized paralysis in typhoid fever. Neurological review. February 1899

Abstract

Prof. Etienne devotes his article to the analysis of three clinical cases of general paralysis depending on typhus. In the first case, the general paralysis observed by the author came on 3-4 days after he recovered from typhoid fever. It began with the lower extremities, crossed over to the upper limbs, captured the muscles of the trunk, and the patient died with the appearance of asphyxiation for several days. Paralysis developed painlessly. On the part of the rectum and urinary bladder, incontinence is noted. Such cases are usually diagnosed as Landry's disease, that is, a motor pair of an ascending type, ending with lethal bulbar phenomena, without disturbances from the side of sensitivity and without trophic disorders.

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