A Case of Jarisch Herxheimer Phenomenon
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(b) Present Condition, July 1929.? (1) The left leg and arm are spastic and rigid. Atrophy or loss of nutrition are not very noticeable. The grip is, however, weak. (2) The left knee-jerk and ankle clonus are markedly exaggerated, Babinsk's sign present. Upper limb jerks exaggerated. No loss of epicritic or protopathic sensation. (3) Slight paresis of right face, unequal contraction of pupils, right pupil sluggish in response to both light and accommodation.
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