The integration of the endocrine system : being the fifth Horsley memorial lecture, delivered at the University College Hospital Medical School / by Sir Walter Langdon-Brown.

  • Langdon-Brown, W. (Walter), 1870-1946.
Date:
1935
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Credit: The integration of the endocrine system : being the fifth Horsley memorial lecture, delivered at the University College Hospital Medical School / by Sir Walter Langdon-Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    abruptly. There was no sugar in the urine. It was noticed that her emotional reactions were further diminished; she never shed a tear. Some three or four weeks before her death she found that she was unable to walk, and spontaneously surmised that she was going to die; she said in an indifferent tone, “Well, we can’t help it”. She appeared to feel the cold intensely, and would do all she could to huddle in front of a big fire. This sensation steadily became worse and during the summer of 1933, which was excep¬ tionally hot, she would wear an overcoat at meals. This feeling of cold ceased abruptly some two or three weeks before death. During this same sum¬ mer it was noticed that she had begun to fall asleep in unusual places. Her powers of vision were lost apparently quite rapidly about five weeks before her death. On admission she was remarkably drowsy. The pupils were equal and reacted normally. No cranial nerve paralysis was found; the reflexes were normal. There was marked pallor of the central area of each optic disc. She became comatose and died a few days later.