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| Section I. The Nature and Forms of Syphilis of the Nervous System (Neurosyphilis). Cases 1 To 8 | [17] |
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| 1. | Paradigm: protean symptoms, nervous and mental. Autopsy, with meningeal, parenchymatous, and vascular lesions. | [17] |
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| 2. | Tabes dorsalis (tabetic neurosyphilis). Autopsy | [31] |
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| 3. | General paresis (paretic neurosyphilis). Autopsy | [37] |
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| 4. | Cerebral thrombosis (vascular neurosyphilis). Autopsy | [42] |
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| 5. | Juvenile paresis (juvenile paretic neurosyphilis). Autopsy | [45] |
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| 6. | Extraocular palsy (focal meningeal neurosyphilis). Autopsy | [50] |
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| 7. | Gumma of brain (gummatous neurosyphilis). Autopsy | [53] |
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| 8. | Meningitis hypertrophica cervicalis (gummatous neurosyphilis). Autopsy | [56] |
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| Section II. The Systematic Diagnosis of the Forms of Neurosyphilis Cases 9 To 38 | [63] |
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| 9. | Neurasthenia versus neurosyphilis | [63] |
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| 10. | Paretic neurosyphilis versus manic-depressive psychosis | [68] |
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| 11. | Neurosyphilis versus manic-depressive psychosis | [71] |
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| 12. | Dementia praecox versus neurosyphilis. Autopsy | [74] |
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| 13. | Neurosyphilis: negative Wassermann reaction (W. R.) of serum | [77] |
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| 14. | Diffuse neurosyphilis: six tests apt to run mild | [80] |
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| 15. | Paretic neurosyphilis: six tests strong | [85] |
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| 16. | Taboparesis (tabetic neurosyphilis): tests like those of paresis | [92] |
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| 17. | Paretic versus diffuse neurosyphilis: confusion re tests | [97] |
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| 18. | Vascular neurosyphilis: positive serum, negative fluid W. R. | [101] |
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| 19. | Seizures in diffuse neurosyphilis | [103] |
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| 20. | Seizures in paretic neurosyphilis | [106] |
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| 21. | Aphasia in paretic neurosyphilis | [111] |
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| 22. | Aphasia in paretic neurosyphilis | [115] |
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| 23. | Remission in paretic neurosyphilis | [117] |
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| 24. | Remission in diffuse neurosyphilis | [122] |
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| 25. | Paresis sine paresi | [126] |
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| 26. | Paretic neurosyphilis. Autopsy | [131] |
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| 27. | Gummatous neurosyphilis. Operation | [137] |
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| 28. | Extraocular palsy (cranial neurosyphilis) | [140] |
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| 29. | Tabes dorsalis (tabetic neurosyphilis): six tests apt to run mild | [141] |
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| 30. | Tabetic neurosyphilis, clinically atypical | [143] |
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| 31. | Cervical tabes | [146] |
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| 32. | Erb’s syphilitic spastic paraplegia | [147] |
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| 33. | Syphilitic muscular atrophy | [149] |
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| 34. | Neurosyphilis of the secondary period | [151] |
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| 35. | Juvenile paretic neurosyphilis: optic atrophy | [154] |
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| 36. | Juvenile paretic neurosyphilis | [157] |
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| 37. | Simple feeblemindedness, syphilitic | [159] |
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| 38. | Juvenile tabes | [161] |
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| Section III. Puzzles and Errors in the Diagnosis of Neurosyphilis (Including Non-syphilitic Cases). Cases 39–82 | [165] |
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| 39. | Paretic versus diffuse neurosyphilis. Autopsy | [165] |
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| 40. | Paretic versus vascular neurosyphilis, cerebellar. Autopsy | [169] |
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| 41. | Paretic versus vascular neurosyphilis, cerebellar. Autopsy | [172] |
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| 42. | Tabetic combined with vascular neurosyphilis. Autopsy. | [175] |
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| 43. | Tabetic neurosyphilis: mental symptoms, non-paretic. Autopsy | [177] |
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| 44. | Cerebral gliosis. Autopsy | [180] |
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| 45. | Neurasthenia versus neurosyphilis | [183] |
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| 46. | Hysteria. Neurosyphilis of the secondary period | [185] |
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| 47. | Manic-depressive psychosis versus paretic neurosyphilis | [187] |
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| 48. | Cerebral tumor | [190] |
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| 49. | Early post-infective paretic neurosyphilis | [192] |
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| 50. | Atypical paretic neurosyphilis, hemitremor. Autopsy | [197] |
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| 51. | Paretic neurosyphilis. Autopsy | [199] |
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| 52. | Manic-depressive psychosis versus paretic neurosyphilis | [202] |
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| 53. | Syphilitic(?) exophthalmic goitre. Autopsy | [205] |
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| 54. | Argyll-Robertson pupils | [209] |
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| 55. | Argyll-Robertson pupils: pineal tumor. Autopsy | [212] |
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| 56. | Neurosyphilis(?) with negative spinal fluid | [216] |
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| 57. | Disseminated syphilitic encephalitis, seven months post-infective. Autopsy | [218] |
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| 58. | “Pseudoparesis” | [222] |
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| 59. | Syphilitic paranoia? | [225] |
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| 60. | Paretic neurosyphilis versus alcoholic pseudoparesis | [227] |
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| 61. | Alcoholic pseudoparesis versus paretic neurosyphilis | [231] |
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| 62. | Alcoholic neuritis and paretic neurosyphilis | [234] |
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| 63. | Chronic alcoholism versus paretic neurosyphilis | [236] |
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| 64. | Neurosyphilis, diabetic pseudoparesis, or brain tumor | [238] |
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| 65. | Neurosyphilis and diabetes | [240] |
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| 66. | Neurosyphilis: hemianopsia | [242] |
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| 67. | Paretic neurosyphilis versus syphilis and cerebral malaria | [245] |
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| 68. | Paretic neurosyphilis: gold sol test “syphilitic.” Autopsy | [247] |
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| 69. | Lues maligna | [250] |
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| 70. | Neurosyphilis versus multiple sclerosis | [253] |
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| 71. | Atypical neurosyphilis | [256] |
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| 72. | Huntington’s chorea versus neurosyphilis | [258] |
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| 73. | Senile arteriosclerotic psychosis versus neurosyphilis | [262] |
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| 74. | Hysterical fugue versus neurosyphilis | [264] |
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| 75. | Tabetic neurosyphilis versus pernicious anemia | [267] |
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| 76. | Congenital neurosyphilis | [270] |
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| 77. | Congenital versus paretic neurosyphilis | [272] |
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| 78. | Juvenile paretic neurosyphilis | [275] |
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| 79. | Epilepsy versus juvenile neurosyphilis | [277] |
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| 80. | Addison’s disease and juvenile paretic neurosyphilis. Autopsy | [279] |
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| 81. | Neurosyphilis of the secondary period | [283] |
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| 82. | Taboparetic neurosyphilis and typhoid meningitis. Autopsy | [284] |
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| Section IV. Neurosyphilis, Medicolegal and Social. Cases 83–98 | [289] |
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| 83. | A public character, neurosyphilitic. Autopsy | [289] |
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| 84. | Debts, neurosyphilitic | [295] |
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| 85. | Suicidal attempt by a neurosyphilitic | [296] |
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| 86. | Neurosyphilis and juvenile delinquency | [298] |
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| 87. | Neurosyphilis in a defective delinquent | [300] |
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| 88. | Paresis sine paresi in a forger | [303] |
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| 89. | Trauma: juvenile paretic neurosyphilis | [306] |
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| 90. | Trauma: paretic neurosyphilis | [308] |
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| 91. | False claim for trauma: neurosyphilis | [309] |
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| 92. | Traumatic exacerbation? in neurosyphilis | [310] |
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| 93. | Trauma: cranial gumma at the site of injury | [311] |
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| 94. | Occupation-neurosis versus syphilitic neuritis | [312] |
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| 95. | Character change: neurosyphilis | [314] |
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| 96. | A neurosyphilitic family | [316] |
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| 97. | A neurosyphilitic’s normal-looking family | [318] |
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| 98. | The neurosyphilitic’s marriage | [319] |
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| Section V. The Treatment of Neurosyphilis. Cases 99–123. | |
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| | (Cases 99–103 show the Variety of Structural Lesions that Treatment has to Face) | [323] |
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| 99. | An incurable spastic paresis in paretic neurosyphilis. Autopsy | [323] |
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| 100. | A theoretically curable case. Autopsy | [328] |
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| 101. | A highly meningitic case, theoretically amenable to treatment. Autopsy | [332] |
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| 102. | A highly atrophic case, theoretically not amenable to treatment. Autopsy | [335] |
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| 103. | Paretic neurosyphilis with markedly focal lesions. Autopsy | [338] |
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| | (Cases 104 to 123 are Examples of Treatment Including Successes and Failures.) | |
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| 104. | Diffuse neurosyphilis: treatment successful after nine months | [342] |
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| 105. | Atypical neurosyphilis: treatment successful | [346] |
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| 106. | Argyll-Robertson pupil not necessarily of bad prognosis: treated case an insurance risk | [350] |
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| 107. | Spinal fluid cleared: symptoms persistent | [355] |
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| 108. | Arteriosclerosis does not contraindicate treatment | [359] |
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| 109. | Symptoms of intracranial pressure relieved by treatment | [362] |
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| 110. | Therapeutic improvement in tabetic neurosyphilis | [366] |
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| 111. | W. R. rendered negative in tabetic neurosyphilis | [367] |
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| 112. | Example of successful treatment of paretic neurosyphilis | [370] |
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| 113. | Another example | [372] |
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| 114. | Clinical recovery but tests persistently positive in treated paretic neurosyphilis | [375] |
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| 115. | Improvement delayed in treated paretic neurosyphilis | [377] |
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| 116. | Non-neural syphilis in treated paretic neurosyphilis | [380] |
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| 117. | Partial recovery in treated paretic neurosyphilis | [382] |
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| 118. | Laboratory signs improved: clinical situation stationary: treated paretic neurosyphilis | [384] |
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| 119. | Another example | [386] |
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| 120. | Failure of treatment | [388] |
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| 121. | Treatment, at first mild, later intensive | [390] |
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| 122. | Intensive treatment | [392] |
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| 123. | Syphilitic feeblemindedness improved by treatment | [395] |
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| Section VI. Neurosyphilis and the War. | |
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| | Cases A To N from British, French, and German Writers (1914–1916) | [399] |
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| A. | Tabes “shell-shocked” into paresis? (Donath) | [401] |
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| B. | Latent syphilis “shell-shocked” into tabes? (Duco and Blum) | [403] |
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| C. | Aggravation of neurosyphilis by service? (Weygandt) | [404] |
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| D. | Aggravation of neurosyphilis by service? (Todd) | [406] |
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| E. | Aggravation of neurosyphilis on service? (Todd) | [409] |
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| F. | Duration of neurosyphilitic process important. (Farrar) | [411] |
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| G. | Latent syphilis lighted up to paresis by war stress without shell-shock. (Marie) | [412] |
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| H. | Paresis lighted up by “gassing”? (de Massary) | [414] |
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| I. | Epilepsy in a neuropath lighted up by syphilis acquired at war. (Bonhoeffer) | [415] |
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| J. | Syphilitic—after Dixmude epileptic. (Bonhoeffer) | [417] |
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| K. | Syphilitic root-sciatica in a fireworks man. (Dejerine, Long) | [418] |
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| L. | Paresis lighted up in civilian by domestic stress of the war. (Percy Smith) | [420] |
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| M. | Shell-shock pseudoparesis. (Pitres and Marchand) | [421] |
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| N. | Shell-shock pseudotabes. (Pitres and Marchand) | [424] |
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| Section VII. Summary and Key | [427] |
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| Appendices: | |
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| A. | The six tests | [471] |
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| B. | Common methods of treatment | [486] |