On Syphilitic Affections of the Nervous System

Abstract

I wish here to give as briefly as possible an account of the pathology of the nervous symptoms which result from syphilis. Of necessity there is considerable recapitulation from former papers I have written. For syphilis produces very different affections of the nervous system, and I have therefore had to speak of syphilis when considering Amaurosis, Epileptiform seizures, Hemiplegia, &c. It is, however, justifiable to bring together the conclusions one has arrived at about syphilitic nervous affections from the study of nervous affections in general.