paralysis agitans
Britishnoun
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Sir Henry Head, 79, famed British neurologist; of paralysis agitans; in Reading, England.
From Time Magazine Archive
His paralysis agitans involved his whole emaciated body in one miserable stammer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Frenkel Method.—In recent years the application of the Frenkel directed movement method, modified somewhat from its application in tabes, has attracted attention in the therapeutics of paralysis agitans.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Frenkel has shown that it is applicable in paralysis agitans and markedly relieves the rigidity that is so annoying a symptom.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
In older people they sometimes pass over into paralysis agitans or a close simulant of that affection.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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