tabes

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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

This is one of the first symptoms of tabes.

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

In para-syphilitic lesions such as general paralysis and tabes a positive reaction is almost always present.

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

A combination of tabes with lateral sclerosis, or with general paralysis of the insane, is sometimes seen, but needs no special consideration.

From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by Mitchell, John K.

The wounds heal well, but the victims of tabes are unfavourable subjects for operative interference, on account of their liability to intercurrent complications.

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