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CONVULSIONS

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CONVULSIONS , the pathological See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of See also:

BODY

body associated with abnormal, violent and spasmodic contractions and relaxations of the muscles, taking the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

fit. Convulsions may be a symptom resulting from various diseases, but the See also:

TERM

term is commonly restricted to the infantile variety, occurring in association with teething, or other causes which upset the See also:

child's See also:

NERVOUS

nervous See also:

SYSTEM

system. The treatment (plunging into a hot See also:

bath, or See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of See also:

CHLOROFORM (trichlor-methane), CHC13

chloroform) must be prompt, as convulsions are responsible for a large See also:

PART

part of See also:

INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant mortality. The name " Convulsionaries " (Fr. Convulsionnaires) was given to certain Jansenist fanatics in See also:

France in the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, owing to the convulsions, regarded by them as proofs of divine See also:

INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration, which were the result of their religious ecstasies (see See also:

JANSENISM

JANSENISM). The term " Convulsionists " is sometimes applied to them, as also, more loosely, to other religious enthusiasts who exhibit the same symptoms.

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