One case
passed away from my observation, and I know nothing of its
further course. The other case recovered in nine months'
treatment, and during the three years that have since elapsed he
has been an active business man, although I have not seen him
myself during that period, as he took a great dislike to me
because I was forced to take strong measures to keep him under
treatment, so persistent were his suspicions."
Athetosis was first described by Hammond in 1871, who gave it the
name because it was mainly characterized by an inability to
retain the fingers and toes in any position in which they might
be planed, as well as by their continuous motion. According to
Drewry "athetosis is a cerebral affection, presenting a
combination of symptoms characterized chiefly by a more or less
constant mobility of the extremities and an inability to retain
them in any fixed position. These morbid, grotesque, involuntary
movements are slow and wavy, somewhat regular and rigid, are not
jerky, spasmodic, nor tremulous. The movements of the digits are
quite different from those attending any other disease,
impossible to imitate even by the most skilful malingerer, and,
if once seen, are not likely to be forgotten.
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