tabes

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It is called, in the language of physicians, tabes dorsalis, or dorsal consumption; because it is supposed to arise from the dorsal portion of the spinal marrow.

From The Young Man's Guide by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

Except that the joint disease is seldom symmetrical, it closely resembles the arthropathy of tabes.

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

This is one of the first symptoms of tabes.

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

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

The work of Flexner and Noguchi on paresis and tabes dorsalis show that always in such afflictions the tissues of the central nervous system have been invaded by the parasite.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.