Progressive, degenerative disorder of the nervous system characterized by tremors, rigidity, bradykinesia, postural instability, and gait abnormalities; caused by a loss of neurons and a decrease of dopamine in the basal ganglia.
The only nervous affections with which it could possibly be confounded are chorea and paralysisagitans.
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It's now generally understood that David Devant's illness, officially listed as " paralysisagitans," was a progressive, debilitating result of syphilis.
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Paralysisagitans needs scarcely more than to be mentioned as amenable to the same methods, with small differences in the application of details.
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( ParalysisAgitans).-Thisis a chronic affection of the nervous system, characterized by muscular weakness, trembling and rigidity.