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BENJAMIN BOSHES, M.D.; HERMAN BLUSTEIN, M.D.

AMA Arch Neurol. 1960;2(2):163-171.

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Bastian's¹ statement, in 1890, that below the level of a complete transverse lesion of the spinal cord all reflexes were abolished gave a grim outlook, but continuing experiences with patients with lesions and an increasing skill in their management began to throw doubts on the validity of this "law." The epochal work of the English and French neurologists in World War I opened a new vista. Riddoch² had pointed out: "If patients in whom the spinal cord had been completely divided keep in good health and remain free from intercurrent infections, the stage of reflex activity may go on for many months and perhaps indefinitely." But he added that infection and toxemia usually set in to jeopardize the life of the patient and to cause the functional activity of the reflex arcs (the second stage) to deteriorate. He stated in essence: The reflexes become difficult to elicit. The . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Chicago

From the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Northwestern University Medical School, and the Department of Medical Neurology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Ill.

Footnotes
Recorded for publication Aug. 27, 1959.

The statement and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.

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