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On a case of paralysis of the tongue from haemorrhage in the medulla oblongata.

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Lancet, 2, 770-73.. 1872 CE.

Jackson here described the syndrome consisting of paralysis of half the tongue, the same half of the palate, and of one vocal cord – “Jackson’s syndrome”.

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