LIST OF ILLUSTKATIONS xix 



FIGURE PAGE 



6. Simultaneous record of the tremors in the fore and hind leg of a dog, 



with complete section of the spinal cord 532 



7. Tracing of tremors of hind legs of cat after guanidin 545 



8. Showing the gradual development of tremors or spontaneous contrac- 



tion in the frog's gastrocnemius in serum from the blood of para- 

 thyroidectomized cat 547 



9. Tetanus-like response to single stimulus of frog's muscle immersed 



in serum from blood of parathyroidectomized dog 548 



Pathological Anatomy and Histology 

 OSKAR KLOTZ 



1. Sclerosis of parathyroid 565 



2. Adenema of parathyroid 570 



3. Cysts of parathyroid . 572 



Clinical Syndromes Due to Disorders of the Parathyroid Glands 

 LEWELLYS F. BARKER 



1. Typical position of the hand in an attack of tetany 589 



2. Tetania persistens (9 months old child) ; hands and feet in typical 



claw position 590 



3. The tetany face in children 593 



4. Severe attacks of hemitetany of the left arm with involvement of 



the shoulder musculature 595 



5. Method of producing tetanic spasm of the hand by stretching the 



brachial plexus by means of forcible abduction of arm 600 



6. Method of producing tetanic spasm in the feet by stretching "the sciatic 



nerves by means of forcible flexion of the trunk upon the thighs . . 601 



7. The leg phenomenon (Beinphanomen) 602 



8. Types of galvanic excitability of the motor nerves in sucklings . . 607 



9. Trophic disturbances (dystrophy) of the teeth in a case of chronic re- 



current tetany with no traces of rachitic bone changes .... 619 



10. Showing the relation of the number of cases of tetany to the previous 



feedings 636 



11. Table giving the incidence of tetany by months and years .... 645 



12. The graph shows the number of tetany admissions (1880-1895) ad- 



mitted to the General Hospital in Vienna, according to months, in 



the years 1880-1895 646 



13. Diagrams of 80 cases of tetany observed in the Children's Clinic at 



Graz during the years 1890 to 1897 ' 652 



14. Graph of experiment showing the synchronous changes in the alveolar 



air, the blood and the urine during the forced respiration leading 



to manifest tetany in a human subject 657- 



15. Attack of tetany in a patient suffering from paroxysmal hyperpnea 



during convalescence from epidemic encephalitis 658 



16. Shadow pictures representing the greatest cross section of the para- 



thyroid gland magnified about eight times 668 



