1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
APOPLEXY (Gr. drorXjjJia. from <hrorXq<r0-cu>, to strike down, to stun), the terni employed by Galen to designate the " sudden loss of feeling and movement of the whole body, with the exception of respiration," to which, after the time of Harvey, was added " and with the exception of the circulation." Although the term is occasionally employed in medicine with other significations, yet in its general acceptation apoplexy may be defined as a sudden loss of consciousness, of sensibility, and of movement without any e…
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