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Definition of Encephalitis lethargica

1. Noun. An encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness.

Medical Definition of Encephalitis lethargica

1. A unique encephalitis, presumably viral in origin, which followed the influenza pandemic of 1914-1918. Symptoms included ophthalmoplegia and marked somnolence, and in many survivors, the delayed development of Parkinson's disease; the basis for postencephalitic Parkinsonism. Synonym: encephalitis lethargica, polioencephalitis infectiva. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Encephalitis lethargica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Treatment of Acute Infectious Diseases by Frank Sherman Meara (1921)
"CHAPTER XIII encephalitis lethargica FOLLOWING upon the great epidemic of influenza of 1917 and 1918 appeared a lesser epidemic characterized by a ..."

2. Neurological Bulletin by Frederick Tilney, Columbia University, Dept. of Neurology (1921)
"The paralysis agitans syndrone is not uncommon, in encephalitis lethargica, hut the late onset of the signs and symptoms in this case, some of which did not ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"It is noted that resulting paralyses frequently recede, similar to the ocular paralysis of human encephalitis lethargica. In both cases the fatal outcome is ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"Cases similar to " encephalitis lethargica" and called by him " acute multiple ... The case is one clinically diagnosed as encephalitis lethargica, ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"encephalitis lethargica.—For several months past reports have appeared in England and upon the continent of cases of botulism, hemorrhagic poliomyelitis and ..."

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