Part VIII - Diseases of the Nervous System.

I. Diseases of the Peripheral Nerves.

• Neuritis.
  • Localized Neuritis. Focal Neuritis.
  • Multiple Neuritis. Polyneuritis; Peripheral Neuritis.
• Neuromata.
• Neuralgia.

Diseases of the Cranial Nerves.

• The Olfactory Nerve.
• The Retina and Optic Nerve.
• The Optic Nerve.
  • Optic Neuritis.
• The Motor Nerves of the Eyeball.
  • Third, Fourth, and Sixth.
  • The Fifth Nerve (Trifacial).
• The Seventh or Facial Nerve. Facial Paralysis; Bell's Palsy.
• The Auditory Nerve.
  • Ménière's Disease: Auditory or Labyrinthine Vertigo.
• The Glossopharyngeal Nerve.
• The Pneumogastric Nerve.
• The Spinal Accessory Nerve.
• The Hypoglossal Nerve.

II. Diseases of the Spinal Cord.

• Diseases of the Spinal Dura Mater:
  • Pachymeningitis.
• Diseases of the Spinal Pia Mater:
  • Acute Leptomeningitis. Acute Spinal Meningitis.
  • Chronic Leptomeningitis. Chronic Spinal Meningitis.
• Hemorrhage into the Spinal Membrane. Meningeal Apoplexy; Hematorrachis.
• Hemorrhage into the Spinal Cord. Spinal Apoplexy; Hematomyelia.
• Acute Myelitis. Myelitis; Acute Diffuse Myelitis; Transverse Myelitis; Spinal Malacia.
• Chronic Myelitis.
• Anterior Poliomyelitis. Atrophic Spinal Paralysis; Infantile Spinal Paralysis.
• Acute Ascending Paralysis. Landry's Paralysis.
• Locomotor Ataxia. Tabes Dorsalis; Posterior Sclerosis.
• Hereditary Ataxia. Friedreich's Disease.
• Spastic Paraplegia. Erb's Palsy; Primary Lateral Sclerosis; Spastic Spinal Paralysis.
• Ataxic Paraplegia. Progressive Spastic Ataxia.
• Multiple Sclerosis. Insular Sclerosis; Disseminated Sclerosis; Cerebro-Spinal Sclerosis.
• Progressive Muscular Atrophy. Poliomyelitis Anterior Chronica; Wasting Palsy.
• Bulbar Paralysis. Glosso-labio-laryngeal Paralysis; Duchenne's Disease.
• Syringomyelia. Gliosis Spinalis.
• Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis. Charcot's Disease; Wasting Palsy; Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
• Compression of the Spinal Cord. Compression Myelitis.

III. Diseases of the Brain and its Meninges.

• Diseases of the Dura Mater.
  • External Pachymeningitis. Simple Meningitis.
  • Internal Pachymeningitis. Hemorrhagic Pachymeningitis; Hematoma of the Dura Mater.
• Diseases of the Pia Mater.
  • Acute Leptomeningitis.
• Cerebral Localization.
• Affections of the Cerebral Blood-Vessels.
  • Hyperemia.
  • Cerebral Anemia.
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage. Apoplexy.
• Embolism and Thrombosis. Cerebral Softening.
  • Embolism.
  • Thrombosis.
• Aphasia.
• Encephalitis.
• Abscess of the Brain.
• Hydrocephalus. Dropsy of the Brain.
• Cerebral Palsies of Childhood. Infantile Cerebral Paralysis.
  • Birth-Palsy.
  • Infantile Hemiplegia.

IV. Diseases of Unknown Pathology.

• Epilepsy. Falling Sickness.
• Infantile Convulsions. Eclampsia.
• Acute Chorea. St. Vitus's or St. Anthony's Dance; Sydenham's Chorea.
• Paralysis Agitans. Shaking Palsy; Parkinson's Disease.
• Migraine. Hemicrania; Sick Headache.
• Hysteria.
• Neurasthenia. Nervous Prostration.

The Eclectic Practice of Medicine, 1907, was written by Rolla L. Thomas, M. S., M. D.