tabes
Example Sentences
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It is called, in the language of physicians, tabes dorsalis, or dorsal consumption; because it is supposed to arise from the dorsal portion of the spinal marrow.
From The Young Man's Guide by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
It may result also from the pressure of an abscess or an aneurysm either inside the pelvis or in the buttock, and is sometimes associated with disease of the spinal medulla, such as tabes.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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)
It must be used with great care not to exhaust the patient, but this is true also in tabes.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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.
