Word: ornsteen
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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First Sign of Palsy. Paralysis agitans, or shaky palsy, is ordinarily an affliction of old age. But often it follows an attack of inflammation of the brain. To help detect the earliest signs of this palsy and combat it, Dr. Abraham Maurice Ornsteen of Philadelphia offered a suggestion which anyone can try in his own living room. The suspect holds both hands before his face, with all fingers clenched except fore finger and thumb. He then rapidly pats each forefinger against each thumb. Normally, the twitching is symmetrical in the two hands. In the abnormal state "one notes a definite...