tabes

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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)

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

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)

Manet vero tabes pituitaria: manet temperamentum in catarrhos proclive.

From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)