Volume 1

Injuries of the spine and spinal cord without apparent mechanical lesion, and nervous shock : in their surgical and medico-legal aspects / by Herbert W. Page.

Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Injuries of the spine and spinal cord without apparent mechanical lesion, and nervous shock : in their surgical and medico-legal aspects / by Herbert W. Page. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PAGE not necessarily feigned—Examples—Malingering after railway accidents—The motive—Its prevalence and influence—Induced malaise—“ Spurious nervous shock ” and “concussion of the spine”—Vomiting—Assumption of spinal injury—Functional disorders—The bearing of individuals .... 226—253 Influence of compensation on clinical features of disease— Illustrative case—Leading questions—Leading exami- nations—Uses of electricity—The “electric test”— Methods of clinical investigation—Cross-examination— Medical evidence in courts of law—The medical witness CHAPTER VIII CONCLUDING REMARKS 254—269 Appendix of Cases . 270 TNote on two Cases of Spinal Injury 353 Index of Subjects . 357 Index of Authors 375