| Description Of Item | Article by Dr William Roberts MD, physician to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, about ‘unusual’ forms of paralysis. Article details paralysis from mineral poisons (lead, copper, arsenic etc), ‘wasting palsy’, ‘reflex paralysis’, and ‘paralysis affecting the co-ordinating power’ (locomotor ataxia). Only the introductory section and those which cover ‘wasting palsy’ and ‘reflex paralysis’ are included, comprising pages 212-222, 266-278, and 307-312 of the London Medical Review.
From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |