tabes

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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.

The work of Flexner and Noguchi on paresis and tabes dorsalis show that always in such afflictions the tissues of the central nervous system have been invaded by the parasite.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.

We cannot cure the tabes of the spinal cord.

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

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

Although they usually develop in the ataxic stage, one or more years after the initial spinal symptoms, they may appear before there is any evidence of tabes.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis