Entry Nos. 4700–4799

1884 CE

#4747

Ueber die juvenile Form der progressiven Muskelatrophie und ihre Beziehungen zur sogenannten Pseudohypertrophie der Muskeln.

Progressive muscular dystrophy (“Erb’s muscular atrophy”). Erb did much to establish the modern conception of the muscular dystrophies.

1885 CE

#4748

Contribution à l’étude des paralysies radiculaires du plexus brachial.

First description of atrophic paralysis of the muscles of the hand following lesion of the brachial plexus and eighth cervical and first dorsal nerves (“Klumpke’s paralysis”).

1886 CE

#4749

Sur une forme particuliére d’atrophie musculaire progressive souvent familiale débutant par les pieds et les jambes et atteignant plus tard les mains.

First description of the peroneal form of muscular atrophy, the so-called Charcot–Marie–Tooth type.

1886 CE

#4750

The peroneal type of progressive muscular atrophy. Thesis for the degree of M.D. in the University of Cambridge.

Tooth described peroneal muscular atrophym a hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy of the peripheral nervous system, independently of, and in the same year as, Charcot and Marie. Known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) d…

1886 CE

#4752

Contribution à l’étude de la myopathie atrophique progressive (myopathie atrophique progressive, à type scapulo-huméral).

“Landouzy–Dejerine type” of progressive muscular dystrophy.

1888 CE

#4753

An atypical case of Thomsen’s disease (myotonia congenita).

Dana described a combination of myotonia and muscular atrophy.

1890 CE

#4754

Étude clinique sur la maladie de Thomsen (myotonie congénitale).

First description of dystrophia myotonica (“Déléage’s disease”).

1891 CE

#4755

Zwei frühinfantile hereditäre Fälle von progressiver Muskelatrophie unter dem Bilde der Dystrophie, aber auf neurotischer Grundlage.

“Werdnig-Hoffmann muscular atrophy”, an infantile familial form of progressive muscular atrophy. Hoffmann independently described it (see No. 4756).

1891 CE–1893 CE

#4756

Ueber chronische spinale Muskelatrophie im Kindesalter, auf familiärer Basis.

“Hoffmann’s muscular atrophy” – independently described by Werdnig (No. 4755).

1893 CE

#4757

Ueber einen scheinbar heilbaren bulbärparalytischen Symptomen-complex mit Betheiligung der Extremitäten.

Myasthenia pseudoparalytica (Erb–Goldflam symptom complex). See No. 4746.

1895 CE

#4758

Contribution à l’étude de l’atrophie musculaire progressive type Duchenne–Aran.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1897 CE

#4759

Existe-t-il une atrophie musculaire progressive Aran-Duchenne?

Marie disbelieved in the Aran–Duchenne type of muscular progressive atrophy.

1900 CE

#4760

Ueber allgemeine und localisierte Atonie der Muskulatur (Myatonie) im frühen Kindesalter.

First description of “Oppenheim’s disease” – amyotonia congenita.

1901 CE

#4761

Pathologisch-anatomischer Beitrag zur Erb’schen Krankheit (Myasthenia gravis).

Weigert noted the connection of myasthenia gravis with hypertrophy of the thymus.

1902 CE

#4762

On myopathy and a distal form.

“Distal myopathy of Gowers”, a form of progressive muscular dystrophy.

1907 CE

#4763

Traité des torticolis spasmodiques.

In this classic monograph, 357 cases of torticollis are recorded.

1912 CE–1913 CE

#4764

Thymektomie bei einem Fall von Morbus Basedowi mit Myasthenie.

Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Reported by C. H. Schumacher and – . Roth.

1930 CE

#4765

A report of progress on the use of ephedrine in a case of myasthenia gravis.

Harriet Edgeworth discovered by accident the beneficial effect of ephedrine in myasthenia gravis. Digital facsimile from jamanetwork.com at this link.

1932 CE

#4766

Myasthenia gravis: a preliminary report on the effect of treatment with glycine.

Introduction of glycine (glycocoll) in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.

1932 CE

#4767

Zur Pathogenese und Therapie der Myasthenie gravis pseudoparalytica.

Introduction of neostigmine in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.

1934 CE

#4768

Treatment of myasthenia gravis with physostigmine.

Introduction of physostigmine in treatment of myasthenia gravis. She replaced this with neostigmine in 1935 (Proc. roy. Soc. Med., 28, 759-61).

1935 CE

#4769

The influence of large doses of potassium chloride on myasthenia gravis.

Potassium salts first used in treatment of myasthenia gravis.

1938 CE

#4770

The response of the myasthenic state to guanidine hydrochloride.

Guanidine first used in treatment of myasthenia gravis. With K. Dodd and S. S. Riven.

1939 CE

#4771

Myasthenia gravis and tumors of the thymic region. Report of a case in which the tumor was removed.

First deliberate treatment of myasthenia gravis by thymectomy, with M. F. Mason, H. J. Morgan, and S. S. Riven.

1817 CE

#4772

De myelophthisi chronica vera et notha.

First important account of tabes dorsalis.

1827 CE

#4773

De tabe dorsuali praelusio.

Gives the views of his father, Ernst Horn (1744-1848), on tabes.

1858 CE–1859 CE

#4774

De l’ataxie locomotrice progressive.

Although far from being the first to describe tabes dorsalis, Duchenne gave a classic account of the condition, earning the eponym “Duchenne’s disease”.

1866 CE

#4775

Douleurs fulgurantes de l’ataxie sans incoordination des mouvements; sclérose commençante des cordons postérieurs de la moëlle épinière.

First clinical description of the electric pains in tabes.

1866 CE

#4776

Des troubles gastriques dans l’ataxie locomotrice progressive. Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine. No. 250.

Tabetic gastric crises first described. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1868 CE

#4778

Case of cerebral disease in a syphilitic patient.

Syphilitic endarteritis of cerebral arteries described.

1869 CE

#4779

Remarks on a case of locomotor ataxy with hydrarthrosis.

An early description of the joint symptoms in tabes dorsalis.

1875 CE

#4780

Ueber Sehnenreflexe bei Gesunden und bei Rückenmarkskranken.

Knee-jerk first used as diagnostic measure in tabes dorsalis.

1875 CE

#4781

Ueber einige durch mechanische Einwirkung auf Sehnen und Muskeln hervorgebrachte Bewegungs-Erscheinungen.

Westphal discovered the diagnostic value of the knee-jerk simultaneously with Erb.

1882 CE

#4782

De l’ataxie locomotrice d’origine syphilitique.

Fournier advanced the doctrine of the syphilitic origin of tabes, a hypothesis which was opposed for a time.

1887 CE

#4784

Sur un cas de paraplégie par névrites périphériques, chez un ataxique morphiomane.

First description of peripheral neuritis, “Dejerine’s neurotabes”.

1889 CE

#4785

Sur l’atrophie musculaire des ataxiques.

Dejerine ranks high in French neurology. He became clinical chief at the Salpêtrière. He separated peripheral from medullary tabes, wrote on the tabetic muscular atrophies, on the parietal lobe syndrome, …

1890 CE

#4786

Die Therapie atactischer Bewegungsstörungen.

Frenkel devised certain muscular exercises for use in the treatment of tabes dorsalis.

1892 CE

#4788

Ueber syphilitische Spinalparalyse.

Erb’s classic description of syphilitic spinal paralysis, sometimes called “Erb’s disease”.

1892 CE

#4789

Die Aetiologieder Tabes.

English translation, 1900.

1898 CE

#4791

Augenkrisen bei Tabes dorsalis.

“Pel’s crises” – the ocular crises in tabes.

1902 CE

#4792

Syphilis und Nervensystem.

1798 CE

#4794

Observations on insanity.

Haslam was among the first to describe general paralysis; he recorded three cases (pp. 64, 67, 92, 120).

1822 CE

#4795

Recherches sur l’arachnitis chronique, la gastrite et la gastro-entérite chroniques, et la goutte: Considerées comme causes de l'aliénation mentale. Thèse No. 247.

First description of general paresis, or paralytic dementia, general paralysis of the insane, or "maladie de Bayle". This is considered the first demonstation of an organic cause for a "psychiatric" disorder; it was i…

1824 CE

#4796

Considérations sur une espèce de paralysie qui affecte particulièrement les aliénés. Thèse [pour le doctorat en médecin] No. 224.

Delaye, a pupil of Esquirol, selected for his thesis the subject of “incomplete general paralysis of the insane”, which he differentiated from other forms of paralysis. He recorded the early signs of the d…

1826 CE

#4797

De la paralysie consideree chez les aliénés.

Classic description of general paralysis. Calmeil’s work complements Bayle’s earlier delineation of general paralysis (No. 4795). Between the two of them they established the clinical picture of general pa…

1838 CE

#4798

Des maladies mentales. 2 vols. and atlas.

Esquirol succeeded Pinel at the Salpêtrière, and was the first lecturer on psychiatry. After Pinel he was a founder of the French School. This is the first modern textbook on psychiatry. It is notable for…

1877 CE

#4799

A case of general paralysis at the age of sixteen.

Clouston, eminent English psychiatrist, was the first definitely to recognize the relationship between paresis and congenital syphilis and to report a case. This paper is also of interest as being the only recorded ca…