tabes

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It may result also from the pressure of an abscess or an aneurysm either inside the pelvis or in the buttock, and is sometimes associated with disease of the spinal medulla, such as tabes.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Although they usually develop in the ataxic stage, one or more years after the initial spinal symptoms, they may appear before there is any evidence of tabes.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

In tabes dorsalis faradic treatment will often diminish the anaesthesia and numbness in the legs, with resulting benefit to the ataxy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

In certain diseases, especially tabes, the pupils do not respond to light stimuli, but accommodate themselves to objects.

From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina

Laryngeal crises of tabes might, because of their sudden onset, be thought due to foreign body.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier