Causation
Cold and damp weather.
Mind
Depressed, hypochondriacal.
Stomach
Weight in stomach and indigestion. Heartburn. Nausea. Vomiting. Vomiting of blood.
Abdomen
Colic.
Stool
Diarrhoea with urgent pressure on intestines. Dysentery. Constipation.).
Urinary Organs
Incontinence of urine. Pressure on bladder, if not immediately satisfied, urine, rushes out with great force.
Male Sexual Organs
Impotence. From time to time erections and pollutions.
Back and neck
Lumbago. Pain in back so severe as to prevent movement. Pains in back worse or excited by touch.
Upper Limbs
Trembling of arms, worse on attempting to do anything.
Lower Limbs
Sudden paraplegia, especially of younger persons, young men more than young women. Gluteal muscles and those of lower limbs emaciated, upper limbs retaining natural appearance. While lying in bed they move lower limbs with considerable facility, extending and abducting them, but flexion was difficult, especially difficult to lift up limbs. Left limbs considerably weaker than right When walking they threw the chest well forward, the haunches projecting behind, they seemed to fall from one foot to the other. They misplaced the feet, bringing them too close to median line, and sometimes crossing it, causing legs to tangle up. The worst affected walked very bow-legged. The whole weight of the body rested on the metatarsophalangeal joints, the heels never touching the ground. Walking backward was similarly effected, but was more difficult. Trying to stand steady they swayed widely forward and sideways, and seemed in constant danger of falling, instinctively sought to keep balance by pressing both hands on hips, not at all modified by shutting eyes. Hardness of muscles, especially of abductors and flexors. Legs blue and cyanotic, cold or burning, swollen if they hang down. Paralysis of legs and knees. Knees stiff and flexed, with weakness of feet and lameness, without pain. Stiffness of ankles with lameness.
