On the relation of sleep to convulsive affections / by William Frederick Barlow.

  • Barlow, W. F. (William Frederick), 1817-1853.
Date:
1851
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    ON THE RELATION OF SLEEP TO CONVULSIVE AFFECTIONS. BY WILLIAM FREDERICK BARLOW, M.R.C.S. RESIDENT MEDICAL OFFICER TO THE WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL. lleceived Febniai-y 5th.—Read Apinl 8tli, 1851. The relation of Sleep to Diseases in general is a subject still needng full investigation; and that which it holds to Convulsive Affections would be found especially worthy of research. The history even of the spasmodic disorders which occur in sleep is so meager and unsatisfactory, that one more accurate and ample is required; but as the facts which illustrate it are for the most part common, I will confine my observations to some points respecting the causes of the convulsions which happen either in light or profound repose. Sleep produces certain peculiar states, both of body and mind, which must have a most considerable connection with convulsive maladies; and I would beg the particular atten- tion of the Society to— I. The condition of the Circulation and Respiration. II. To that of the Motor Force and Muscular Irritabilitv. III. To the Emotions of Dreaming. IV. To the withdrawal of the Will. I. Of the state of the Circulation and Respiration.—I will not here consider whether sleep itself may not be a conse- quence of cerebral congestion falling short of that which a