Locomotor Ataxia (Tabes Dorsalis)
An Introduction to the Study and Treatment of Nervous Diseases, for Students and Practitioners (Classic Reprint)
Description:... Excerpt from Locomotor Ataxia (Tabes Dorsalis): An Introduction to the Study and Treatment of Nervous Diseases, for Students and Practitioners Discovery of tabes. Controversy concerning its cause. Rela tion of tabes to syphilis. The Spirochaeta pallida, the ex citing organism of tabes. Strains of spirochete. Spirochetes that persist in the human host and attack tissues usually immune. The three varieties of the persisting spirochete. The attacking force of the persisting spirochete. Invasion by the persisting spirochete of vascular, glandular and ner vous tissues. Causes which determine that the major attack shall fall upon the central nervous system. The spirochete's invasion not restricted to any one area in the central nervous system. Factors which determine the initial site, the extent and the direction of the spirochete invasion in the central nervous system.
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