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SENSIBILITY OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS 91 



Two patients described - by Landry exhibited diametrically 

 opposite phenomena of dissociation ; tactile and pain sensibility 

 of the skin on one side were retained, while the sensibility of 



FIG. 37. 



FIGS. 36 and 37. StriiinpeH's patient, who suffered from complete loss of superficial and deep 



-iv,n_ _, _--^ , ^v, *, ,.,. .. nlace and maintain both hands jn the 



the position of the right hand as 



sensibility of right arm. With eyes open he was able to place and maintain "both hands in the 



altered 1 



same position ; with eyes shut he involuntarily 

 -shown in the photographs. 



the deep tissues was completely abolished. In these cases, as 

 soon as vision was excluded, the patients lost consciousness of 

 the position of their limbs, and were no longer able to appreciate 

 either active or passive movements. 



