Des rétractions fibro-tendineuses compliquant la contracture spasmodique.

Blocq, Paul-Oscar, 1860-1896.

Journal : Nouvelle iconographie de la Salpêtrière ; vol. 1.

Paris : Lecrosnier et Babé, 1888.

Description : 28-39 p., [2 l.] pl., 64-69 p., [1 l.] pl. ; ill.: 3 photo., 3 fig. ; 25.5 cm.

Photographs : 3 phototypes, numbered V, VI, IX.

Photographer : Albert Londe.

Subject : Limbs — Contracture.

Notes :

• Author caption: PAUL BLOCQ. Interne de la Clinique des maladies du système nerveux.
• Published in two issues of the journal, the first has a misspelling of the author's name.
• Eponym: Blocq's disease — Astasia-abasia; inability to stand or walk, symptomatic of a conversion disorder (GM 4573).
• Index Medicus: 20308881250.

On the differential diagnosis of contracture in organic and psychogenic nerve, muscle, and tendon disorders. This paper supplements Blocq's monograph on the subject of contracture titled, Des contractures; contractures en général; la contracture spasmodique; les pseudo-contractures, which was also published in 1888 (Paris: Delahaye & Lecrosnier). Each of the plates is captioned, Contracture hystérique. rétractions fibro-tendineuses. (Avant l'opération), and represents contracture of the lower extremities in a female subject, prior to surgical intervention.