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paralysisLoss of voluntary movement due to failure of nerve impulses to reach the muscles involved. It may result from almost any disorder of the nervous system, including brain or spinal cord injury, poliomyelitis, stroke, and progressive conditions such as a tumour or multiple sclerosis. Paralysis may also involve loss of sensation due to sensory nerve disturbance. |
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| This pattern was familiar to psychiatrists of the period: as one explained, "[i]f you exclude general paralysis and alcoholism, women are more predisposed to madness than men. |
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