An inquiry concerning the nature and causes of the disease described by Cruveilhier as progressive muscular atrophy : a thesis for an act for the degree of M.B. in the University of Cambridge / by James Shuter.

  • Shuter, James, 1846-1883.
Date:
1875
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    mum state of atrophy; he had no repetition of cramps, never any muscular twitchino^, and no pro- gression of atrophy. Francis Gowran, aged sixty, under Dr. Andrew, in Mark Ward, St. Bai'tholomew's Hospital, De- cember 1st, 1873. Was quite well until December, 1872, when he found a slight inability to write with a piece of chalk, after which (he fancied the metacarpo- phalangeal joint was growing out) the muscles of the ball of the thumb were observed gradually to waste. About the same time he had pains in his legs like rheumatism, and lasting about half an hour at night after a hard day's work, and this occurred only six or seven times. Although he has had twitching of muscles of the arms and legs to a considerable extent, he never noticed them in the arms until they were pointed out to liim by a friend, but he had felt them in his legs. Fibrillary tremors have continued steadily during the past twelve months during waking and sleeping. Mus- cles have wasted steadily and quite gradually during the past twelve months. From 1832 until the beginning of present illness he has been a policeman, dock labourer, and lastly, a night-watchman. Has always been much exposed to weather. Had two severe shakes—one a fall from a 10-foot wall in January, 1872. Present History.—Muscles of both upper ex-