The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 408
412 Mills, Hystero-Epilepsy. [Oct. Sometimes the movement is performed by the legs, semi-flexed, being projected upwards, the head and body remaining at rest ; or both the head and the legs participate. At other times it is more local ; it is perhaps executed by a single member. One patient would… … to the arched position until it rested on the feet and hands only, and then would fall again to the bed. She would thus rebound from five to twenty times in succession. Another would suddenly launch her legs in the air, assuming three positions : (1) resting on her back and head, the feet and legs…
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