There are
various types which have been called the paralytic, the choreic,
and the saltatory. A tendency to go backward or retropulsion has
been observed, according to Gray, as has also a tendency to go
forward or propulsion. A curious phenomenon in this disease is
that the patient can use the legs perfectly well lying in bed.
The prognosis seems to be favorable.
Meniere's disease is a disease probably of the semicircular
canals, characterized by nausea, vomiting, vertigo, deafness,
tinnitus aurium, and various other phenomena. It is also called
aural or auditory vertigo. The salient symptom is vertigo, and
this varies somewhat in degree according to the portions of the
ear affected. If the disease is in the labyrinth, the patient is
supposed to stagger to one side, and the vertigo is paroxysmal,
varying to such a degree as to cause simple reeling, or falling
as if shot. Gray reports the history of a patient with this
sensational record: He had been a peasant in Ireland, and one day
crossing one of the wide moors in a dog-cart, he was suddenly, as
he thought, struck a violent blow from behind, so that he
believed that he lost consciousness for some time. At all events,
when he was able to get up he found his horse and cart some
distance off, and, of course, not a soul in sight.
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