Hysteria And Certain Allied Conditions Their Nature And Treatment With Special
Hysteria And Certain Allied Conditions Their Nature And Treatment With Special
George J George Junkin Preston
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The duration of the epileptoid period, or rather of the two phases which compose it, Is somewhat variable, usually occupying from one to five minutes. This stormy period Is Immediately followed by the calm of complete muscular relaxation. The subject lies motionless, except perhaps a trembling of the eyelids. In some cases there Is not complete relaxa- tion, but contractures more or less pronounced per- sist. The duration of this period of relaxation Is uncertain, generally lasting for a few mi...nutes, and then the second phase, or the period of grand move- ments. Is ushered In. This second stage has been variously designated as the period of grand move- ments, the stage of contortions, or, as Charcot has 132 HYSTERIA: ITS NATURE AND TREATMENT. happily termed It, the period of clownlsm. Follow- ing the calm that has succeeded the epileptold move- ments, comes the most typical form of the grand movements, the phenomenon of opisthotonos, or, as the French school term It, the "arc de cercle.
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