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paralysis agitans

NOUN
Parkinson's disease
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His paralysis agitans involved his whole emaciated body in one miserable stammer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir Henry Head, 79, famed British neurologist; of paralysis agitans; in Reading, England.

From Time Magazine Archive

It might very well be expected, then, that Frenkel's method in many cases would do good in paralysis agitans and it has proved to be another adjunct in the treatment of the affection.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

In the old days when malaria was a common diagnosis for many different conditions, paralysis agitans apparently followed malaria so often that there was thought to be some connection between the two diseases.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

I think that there is a report of some cases of paralysis agitans being improved by injections of diphtheria serum.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh




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