Neurosyphilis : $b Modern systematic diagnosis and treatment presented in one hundred and thirty-seven case historiesSouthard, Elmer Ernest
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Neurosyphilis : $b Modern systematic diagnosis and treatment presented in one hundred and thirty-seven case histories
Southard, Elmer Ernest
Neurosyphilis
At the age of 42, the patient was still disoriented for time, place, and
persons and subject to a deep amnesia; was tidy, tranquil, and of a
pleasant demeanor, but many of her muscles were in continual motion.
There were chewing movements and both hands and feet were rarely still.
There were no longer any spells of irritability or violence; and once
when found crying on the piazza, Mrs. Green, on being asked the reason,
replied that a gray cat had come and looked at her so hard it made her
cry. There were other crying spells at times for equally good reasons,
or for no reason.
More recently, the patient has become fairly well oriented for time and
place, and has acquired a fairly good insight into her condition and a
good memory for past events. She has had occasionally auditory
hallucinations, as of water running. In 1914, it was reported that the
pupils reacted to light, and the rest of the systematic neurological
examination was negative except that the knee-jerks were exaggerated;
and a re-examination in 1916 showed the pupils still reacted to light.
At present, the patient is disoriented for time, stating that her age is
about 25; she is no longer subject to auditory hallucinations; she has a
marked difficulty in enunciation, emphasized by the lack of teeth and in
part due to continual movements of the tongue; the movements appear to
be part of a generalized chorea.
In a systematic review of the Wassermann findings in the hospital
population, the blood of Margaret Green was examined and found to be
positive. Lumbar puncture forthwith performed showed a positive W. R. in
the fluid; there was a positive globulin and an excess of albumin; the
gold sol was characteristic of paresis; there were, however, but three
cells per cmm.
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