spastic paralysis
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Mr. Brugger admitted that he was himself guilty of using Mr. Nossell, who suffers from spastic paralysis and uses a wheelchair, as a kind of test case.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2010
A fourth source of irritation has resulted from her recently acquired interest in spastic paralysis, a disease in which damaged nerves cause uncoordinated movements.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eccles on, 101. effect on temperature, 93. effects of general, 98, 101. frequency of use, 90. in anæmia, 101. in heart-disease, 46. in spastic paralysis, 225.
From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by Mitchell, John K.
There is sometimes unilateral or even bilateral spastic paralysis of the limbs from pressure on the medulla oblongata.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
In spastic paralysis of cerebral origin, the tendency is towards contracture, usually in the attitude of flexion, with adduction and inversion.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
