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HAROLD V. DWYER, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1930;46(5):833-840.

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The following case is submitted because of a threefold point of interest, i.e.: (1) the development of a multiple peripheral nerve paralysis in the presence of an existing renal tuberculosis; (2) the occurrence of massive collapse of the lung following tonsillectomy, and (3) the clearing up of the paralyses following removal of the foci of infection.

REPORT OF CASE

History.

—A white man, aged 39, an ironworker, entered the hospital on Aug. 31, 1928, complaining of weakness of the arms and paralysis of the legs of a gradually progressive nature. He dated the onset of his symptoms about two and a half months prior to his admission, and stated that it followed his recovery from an attack of left lobar pneumonia. The early symptoms consisted of a tingling sensation in the fingers and toes followed in three weeks by weakness, which first appeared in the knees. A gradually increasing loss . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DETROIT

From the Department of General Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, April 7, 1930.

Read before the Henry Ford Hospital Medical Society, Detroit.

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