On the degeneration of the neurone / [Sir F.W. Mott].

  • Mott, F. W. (Frederick Walker), 1853-1926
Date:
1900
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Credit: On the degeneration of the neurone / [Sir F.W. Mott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    contributory factors. My own researches on juvenile general paralysis, of which I have now had the opportunity of examining 30 cases, show : (1) that the disease affects both sexes equally ; Fig. 57.—Case of juvenile general paralysis from which the preparations shown in figs. 44 and 45 were made. The disease commenced with fits at the age of eight. Photograph shows Hutchinson’s teeth and rhagades round the mouth. (2) that it may commence at any age from 8 to 23 years,6 accord- ing to my statistics ; and (3) that in 80 per cent, of the cases there were either undoubted signs or history of congenital syphilis 8 It is possible that some of the cases occurring in adults in which no history of acquired syphilis can be obtained may still owe the disease to an inherited taint. It is not necessary that they should show external signs of syphilis, for many of the cases which I have recorded were proved to be born of syphilitic parents, although manifesting themselves no external signs of disease. A case of general paralysis died at Banstead Asylum which was under the care of Dr. Percy Smith at Bethlehem. The woman had charac- teristic signs of congenital syphilis, but the disease did not manifest itself until she was 28 years of age.