Word: diplopia
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...picture has it that Alexander's decline was due to diplopia (double vision) after being hit on the head with a baseball. As a result, he takes to drink, but with the encouragement of his wife (Doris Day) and St. Louis Cardinal Manager Rogers Hornsby (Frank Lovejoy), he makes a dramatic comeback and helps the Cardinals win the 1926 World Series...
...first thing to appear was a dizziness, with diplopia [double vision]. The following day, I was unable to hold a cup in my right hand, and my mental processes were beginning to fail me. On the third day, I was a wreck. I saw everything double, and in trying to feed myself, I was always feeding the wrong face. . . . Mental processes were askew. . . . My surgical instruments that I had used for years seemed strange to me, and while I knew what they were, could not get it through my head how to use them. Writing was out of the question...
...over again. My brave little wife essayed to teach me, and she would press my finger down on the typewriter keys, and spell the word 'cat.' I could not mentally visualize what a cat was, though the name was familiar. I began to lose the confusing diplopia. ... As I saw other signs of improvement in my co-ordinate movements, I began to have hope. In about 16 months after the onset, mental confusion had almost disappeared as had dizziness; coordination of the arm and hand are about normal, although my writing is yet a little jerky...
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