general paralysis of the insane

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noun

1. GPI. Also called: general paresis, dementia paralytica. a disease of the central nervous system: a late manifestation of syphilis, often occurring up to 15 years after the original infection, characterized by mental deterioration, speech defects, and progressive paralysis

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general paralysis of the insane

Toward the end of the century, as many as one in five people entering asylums had general paralysis of the insane.

From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019

The pair took pus from the sores of syphilitics and injected it into patients suffering from general paralysis of the insane.

From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019

He had to be committed to the Northern State Hospital, where he died of "general paralysis of the insane."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mickle has discussed unilateral sweating in the general paralysis of the insane.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

In general paralysis of the insane and in senile dementia the blood vessels are always diseased.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield