tabes

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The Frenkel Method.—In recent years the application of the Frenkel directed movement method, modified somewhat from its application in tabes, has attracted attention in the therapeutics of paralysis agitans.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

In certain diseases, especially tabes, the pupils do not respond to light stimuli, but accommodate themselves to objects.

From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina

There is none of the distress caused by true an�sthesia, as, for instance, by the "tabetic mask," or insensibility of part of the face, which sometimes occurs in tabes dorsalis.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

Rest alone will do much to diminish pain and promote sleep in tabes, rest with massage and electricity will do more.

From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by Mitchell, John K.

Certainly locomotor ataxic patients would seem the least likely to be benefited by training in movement and yet this movement therapy for tabes has had some wonderful results.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)