After a careful examination he said she had typhoid fever and progressive paralysis and that she was in grave danger.

This condition gives rise to a progressive paralysis and may extend along a certain bundle of fibers into the spinal cord.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurological disease caused by degeneration of motor neurons leading to rapidly progressive paralysis.

The as yet unidentified disease killed a young heifer after five or six days of weakness in its legs and progressive paralysis some months ago.