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A narrow and short neck is ominous, a heavy slothful body, and vexatious heavy sleep and vertigo: these are the signs that apoplexy is to be feared. And when it strikes, motion and sense fail suddenly, there is breathlessness and severe stertor takes hold: and cure is not possible unless weakness is extreme, and often it is followed by paralysis of the limbs. This is caused by a foul, cold and viscid humour filling the ventricles of the brain, and obstructing the exits of the nerves by which the soul brings vigour to the parts: and excess of blood is sometimes the source whence the apoplexy derives.
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Du Port, F. (1988). The Signs and Causes of Apoplexy. In: Diehl, H. (eds) The Decade of Medicine or The Physician of the Rich and the Poor. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73715-2_26
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