tabes

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In certain diseases, especially tabes, the pupils do not respond to light stimuli, but accommodate themselves to objects.

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

There is no doubt, for instance, that certain cases of intractable dyspepsia are associated with tabes and that in nearly the same way obstinate constipation frequently develops.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Neuro-Arthropathies.—Charcot's disease is usually met with in men over thirty who suffer from tabes dorsalis.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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

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)