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      Urtication (flogging with stinging nettles) and flagellation (beating with rods) in the treatment of paralysis

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      Journal: Spinal Cord Series and Cases
      Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK
      Keywords: Spinal cord diseases, Quality of life

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          Urtication and flagellation were used as a last resort in the treatment of paralysis when all other means were exhausted, and very few cases are reported in the literature. Two cases were identified and reviewed, one of urtication (flogging with nettles) and one of flagellation (beating with rods). In both cases the symptoms were alleviated, but there was insufficient detail to evaluate the therapeutic value of each treatment.

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          Randomized controlled trial of nettle sting for treatment of base-of-thumb pain.

          Colin Randall, Hester Randall, Frank Dobbs … (2000)
          There are numerous published references to use of nettle sting for arthritis pain but no randomized controlled trials have been reported. We conducted a randomized controlled double-blind crossover study in 27 patients with osteoarthritic pain at the base of the thumb or index finger. Patients applied stinging nettle leaf (Urtica dioica) daily for one week to the painful area. The effect of this treatment was compared with that of placebo, white deadnettle leaf (Lamium album), for one week after a five-week washout period. Observations of pain and disability were recorded for the twelve weeks of the study. After one week's treatment with nettle sting, score reductions on both visual analogue scale (pain) and health assessment questionnaire (disability) were significantly greater than with placebo (P = 0.026 and P = 0.0027).
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            Historical Review: Suspension Therapy for the Treatment of Tabes Dorsalis

            Marie-France Weiner, John Silver (2014)
            Background: Suspension therapy was developed by a Russian doctor, A. Motschutkovsky and at the end of the 19th century it was a popular treatment for tabes dorsalis. It was endorsed by Jean-Martin Charcot in France and Weir Mitchell in the United States; but after 10 years, it was abandoned because it proved to be useless and some patients developed paralysis. Summary: The effect of suspension upon a spinal cord affected by tabes dorsalis and a healthy spinal cord has been analyzed in the light of current knowledge. The benefits of suspension were thought to be due to an improvement in the blood supply to the spinal cord and due to the suggestibility or the placebo effect. Key Message: Analysis of the contemporary literature in the light of current research shows that suspension therapy was a powerful weapon that could cause impairment to the conductivity of the spinal cord and this has important implications for current therapy such as the use of Harrington rods.
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              Nerve-stretching in the 19th century

              John Silver, Marie-France Weiner (2016)
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                J. R. Silver: jrussellsilver@btconnect.com
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Spinal Cord Ser Cases
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Spinal Cord Ser Cases
                Title: Spinal Cord Series and Cases
                Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK (London )
                ISSN (Electronic): 2058-6124
                Publication date (Electronic): 26 September 2019
                Publication date Collection: 2019
                Volume: 5
                Electronic Location Identifier: 79
                Affiliations
                [1 ] ISNI 0000 0000 9947 0731, GRID grid.413032.7, National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, ; Aylesbury, UK
                [2 ] ISNI 0000 0001 0726 8331, GRID grid.7628.b, Oxford Brookes University, ; Oxford, UK
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                Accession ID: PMC6786426 Pmcid ID: PMC6786426 Pmc-uid ID: 6786426 Publisher ID: 222
                DOI: 10.1038/s41394-019-0222-8
                PMC ID: 6786426
                PubMed ID: 31632737
                SO-VID: 1ea6026c-134f-43da-a667-6f140490a6e0
                Copyright © © International Spinal Cord Society 2019
                History
                Date received : 3 June 2019
                Date revision received : 12 August 2019
                Date accepted : 23 August 2019
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                Subject: Perspective
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                Keywords: Spinal cord diseases,Quality of life
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