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human aid becomes insufficient to cradicate thern, being takeu in most cases for accesses of rheumatism, and of gout. Commonly the first indications of a disordcr of tbc spinal marrow, are a sense of wcarincss in the lower exfremities, without any obvious cause; of numbness in the feet, even if the atmosphere sbows no change of temperature, a di- minished sensibility, or pains in the feet, and particularly in the sole. The gait begins to lose its accustomed firm- ness, and the individual beconies subject to stumbling; an extraordinary weakness is feit in the knecs, which however does not yet go so far as to makc assistancc in walking necessary. This may be termed the first steige of paralytie affection, which is the surcst of being removed at Wildbad; the more so, if it be connected with some exanthe- inatic, arthritic, or bemorrboidal disorder; which, on being cxpclled, liberates the spinal marrow from its dangerous irritation.
The son of a celcbrated physician, aged 18, in conse- quence of a cold caught on the ice, in the winter of 1833, suffered for years of pains in the lower extremities, cliiefly in tbc sole and tbc ankles, which, rising along the ischia- dic nerf, at last acquired such an alarming character, as to torment, the poor invalid cqually in Standing, walking, or lying on the right side. ln the spring of 1834, the disease spread over the anterior portion of the knee, and of the superior joint of the Iimb; during the ensuing sunimer however, he got so far better, as to become enabled to takc short walks without the support of a stick. Tlius he continued tili the commencemcnt of 1835, when he had the misfortunc of slipping in a glazed frost, and falling upon the diseased side. From this time his state got worse, and to the former Symptoms acceded a painful affection of the right arm and hand which lost rnuch