ABSTRACT

Tremors of disseminated sclerosis; oscillations of large extent.—Tremors of paralysis agitans, and senile tremors.—Tremors with small oscillations; rapid oscillations, or vibratile tremors.—Hysterical tremors.—Alcoholic and mercurial tremors.—Tremors of general paralysis and of Basedow’s disease.

Chorea; characters of the involuntary movements of the chorea of Sydenham.—Chorea and hemi-chorea, pre-and post-hemiplegic.—Athetosis and hemi-athetosis.

Rhythmical chorea; characters of the movements; they appear in crises; they are rhythmical, systematic, and reproduce more or less faithfully the movements of ordinary life or of professional gesture (dancing chorea, hammering chorea).—The disease is generally a allied to hysteria.—Prognosis varies in different cases.