Silas Weir Mitchell - Terms

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  • Weir Mitchell skin — a red, glossy, perspiring skin seen in cases of incomplete irritative lesion of a nerve.
  • Weir Mitchell treatment — a method of treating neurasthenia, hysteria, etc., by absolute rest in bed, frequent and abundant feeding, and the systematic use of massage and electricity.
  • Mitchell's disease — erythromelalgia.
Dorland's Medical Dictionary (1938)

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