tabes

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Lucan seems to have described this serpent in the following lines: Hic, quæ prima caput movit de pulvere tabes Aspida somniferum tumida cervice levârit.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Rest alone will do much to diminish pain and promote sleep in tabes, rest with massage and electricity will do more.

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

As to the pains and bowel and bladder disturbances, their handling will be discussed in considering the treatment of the next or middle stage of tabes.

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

More rarely it appears as tabes mesenterica in infants, tubercular peritonitis, and tubercular disease of the internal organs.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil

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