History of a case of paraplegia from injury of the spinal chord, causing inertia of the kidneys, and other anomalous symptoms / by John Home Peebles.

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[1834?]
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    HISTORY OF A CASE OF PARAPLEGIA From injury of the Spinal Chord, causing Inertia of the Kidneys, and other anomalous symptoms. By JOHN HOME PEEBLES, M. D. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, EDINBURGH- (From the Edin. Med. and Surg. Journal, No. The history of the following remarkable case has already been given to the public by Dr Montesanto of Padua, in the 47th Volume of the Annali Universali di Medicina, published at Milan by Dr Omodei. It was previously read before the Royal Academy of Padua at its sitting of the 17th of June 1828, and continuations of the history were communicated to the same Institution on the 19th of April 1831, and again on the 9th of July last year. The whole has been published in the form of a pamphlet, which has been extensively circulated, and Dr Montesanto has done me the favour to send me a copy of it, from which I have gathered the greater part of the in- teresting information I now lay before the Society.^ From that narrative it appears that the patient Domenico Valetto, then in his 18th year, fell accidentally from the third story of a house,—a height of about fifty feet. By this fall he did not receive any fracture, or lesion of the surface of the body ; but blood suddenly flowed in great quantity from the mouth, nostrils, and ears. Severe pain immediately followed across the lower part of the abdomen, over the loins, and along the whole of the vertebral column, rendering the man immove- able, and showing at the moment the effects of an internal ge- neral concussion. Medical aid was instantly procured, and after the use of suitable remedies, he could in no very long time resume the exercise of his trade, which was a distiller of spirits. But his health was never completely re-established, and he always complained after this severe accident, 1. Of pain in the lower part of the abdomen and in the back. 2. Of a difficulty of bending the body. 3. Of an impediment in the passage of the food, which oc- casioned a weight in the stomach, and something like a knot in the throat. This weight and swelling sometimes disappear- ed, and were sometimes followed by vomiting of aliment, i A £ /