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PRONUNCIATION OF GENERAL PARALYSIS OF THE INSANE

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General paralysis of the insane is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GENERAL PARALYSIS OF THE INSANE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

General paresis of the insane

General paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane or paralytic dementia, is a neuropsychiatric disorder affecting the brain, caused by late-stage syphilis. GPI was originally considered a psychiatric disorder when it was first scientifically identified around the nineteenth century, as the patient usually presented with psychotic symptoms of sudden and often dramatic onset. It is rare in most developed countries. General paresis is based on the chronic meningoencephalitis that leads to cerebral atrophy. Degenerative changes are associated primarily with the frontal and temporal lobar cortex. Like syphilis itself, general paralysis is also treated with penicillin. The disease affects around 7 % of infected individuals, it also prevails among men.

Definition of general paralysis of the insane in the English dictionary

The definition of general paralysis of the insane in the dictionary is a disease of the central nervous system: a late manifestation of syphilis, often occurring up to 15 years after the original infection, characterized by mental deterioration, speech defects, and progressive paralysis GPI Also called: general paresis, dementia paralytica.

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Synonyms and antonyms of general paralysis of the insane in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «general paralysis of the insane» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

疯狂的全身麻痹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parálisis general de los locos
570 millions of speakers

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general paralysis of the insane
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पागल की सामान्य पक्षाघात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشلل العام لل مجانين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Вообще параличума
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paralisia geral do insano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উন্মাদ সাধারণ প্যারালাইসিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la paralysie générale des aliénés
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lumpuh umum orang gila
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paralyse der Irren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

非常識の一般的な麻痺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정신 의 일반 마비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paralysis umum saka edan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

liệt chung của điên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பைத்தியம் பொதுவான முடக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेडेपणाचे सर्वसामान्य अर्धांगवायू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Delinin genel felci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la paralisi generale dei pazzi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ogólny paraliższaleństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Взагалі параліч розуму
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paralizie generală de nebuni
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

γενική παράλυση των παράφρων
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

algemene verlamming van die gek
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

generell förlamning av den vansinniga
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

generell lammelse av galskap
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENERAL PARALYSIS OF THE INSANE»

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General Paralysis of the Insane
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886.
William Julius Mickle, 2009
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Manual of the International List of Causes of Death: Based ...
General paralysis of the insane This title includes: Monoplegia Motor paralysis Muscle tremor Old hemiplegia Palsy of brain Paralysis of brain cranial nerve face muscle old age respiratory center spinal nerve Paraplegia Progressive paralysis  ...
‎1931
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Manual of the international list of causes of death based on ...
General paralysis of the insane Thin title includes: Bayle's disease Cerebral paresis Chronic diffuse meningoencephalitis periencephalitis Dementia paralytica Diffuse meningoencephalitis periencephalitis General paralysis □ ( insane or ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, International Commission for the Decennial Revision of Nosological Nomenclature, 1931
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Mortality statistics
1921 1920 Total 8yphilis Tahes dorsalis General paralysis of the insane DEATH RATE PER 100,000 E8TIMATED POPULATION Total 8yphilis Tahes dorsalis General paralysis of the insane REG18TRAT1ON 8TATE8 OP 1010 i 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.8 ...
‎1935
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"The Cruel Madness of Love": Sex, Syphilis and Psychiatry in ...
Gibb, W., 'On Some of the Features of General Paralysis of the Insane', MD thesis, University of Glasgow (1885). Lees, R., 'The Treatment of General Paralysis of the Insane', MD thesis, University of Edinburgh (1938). Mackenzie, D., 'The ...
Gayle Davis, 2008
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Forgotten Lunatics of the Great War
General paralysis of the insane. James Joyce, Ulysses14 Among all the transients who passed through the war hospital, undoubtedly the saddest were the GPI cases, or general paralytics as they were also known, whose genital afflictions had ...
Peter Barham, 2007
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Special Reports of the Census Office, Mortality
Death rates from syphilis, tahes dorsalis, and general paralysis of the insane are given in Table AN. TableAN-Con Table AN 1823. 1922. 1921. 1920. 1919. 1918. 1917. 1916. 1915. 1914. 1913. 1912. 1911. 1910. 1909. 1908. 1907. 1906.
‎1926
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The Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Richard Noll. general paralysis of the insane 183 gender he or she is. They tend to feel themselves transforming into the opposite sex. If it occurs in a man, he may feel he is becoming a woman, and in extreme cases may report the feeling of ...
Richard Noll, 2009
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International classification of causes of sickness and death
Facial paralysis. — Paraplegia. — Disseminated paralysis. (Do not confound with general paralysis of the insane.) This title does not include: Diphtheritic paralysis (9). — Atrophic muscular paralysis (63). — Pseudohypertrophic paralysis (63).
Jacques Bertillon, Commission internationale chargée de reviser les nomenclatures nosologiques, United States. Bureau of the Census, 1910
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THE BACTERIOLOGY OF DIPHTHERIA
X. 1903), The pathology of general paralysis of the insane. Brit. Med. Journ., TL 1065. Robertson, W. F. and McRae, O. D. (V. 1905), On the presence of diphtheroid bacilli in the genito-urinary tract in cases of general paralysis and tabes ...
G. H. F. NUTTALL

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENERAL PARALYSIS OF THE INSANE»

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Fran O'Sullivan: Questionable 'medical' practices not confined to …
... health institutions still contained a number of patients who suffered from neurosyphilis dementia or general paralysis of the insane. Some had ... «New Zealand Herald, Apr 15»
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The Real-Life Downton Millionairesses Who Changed Britain
Churchill contracted syphilis—known then as a “general paralysis of the insane”—and then the couple left the U.K. to travel, with a lead-lined ... «Daily Beast, Dec 14»
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Secrets from The Asylum and Hotel India: Review of last night's TV
... death in the Wiltshire Asylum in 1919, from what was euphemistically called 'general paralysis of the insane' — the final stage of syphilis. «Daily Mail, Aug 14»
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Secrets From The Asylum
Isaac's cause of death was listed as General Paralysis of the Insane, the final fatal stage of syphilis. The disease was rife in those days and ... «ITV News, Aug 14»
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Pyromania! On Neurosyphilis and Fighting Fire with Fire
4) JV Kragh (2010) Malaria fever therapy for general paralysis of the insane in Denmark. Hist Psychiatry 21(84 Pt 4): 471-86 5) M Karamanou et ... «Discover Magazine, Jun 14»
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Everyone on the Couch
General paralysis of the insane was general paralysis of the insane before its cause—a late complication of infection by syphilis—was discovered. As Bishop ... «City Journal, Dec 13»
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Best of: Autism From a Flu Shot... in 1937?
... that suggests mercuric chloride interacted with the disease to create the deadliest form of syphilis, called general paralysis of the insane. «Age of Autism, Oct 13»
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What Nobody Tells You Is Dementia Actually Is Contagious
Or to put it in literary terms: We all now existed in what James Joyce called the General Paralysis of the Insane, GPI being your bewilderingly ... «Huffington Post, Sep 13»
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Notes from a cardiologist: Unravelling the mystery of Benjamin …
... of Medicine, in which he stated that tertiary syphilis of the nervous system, known then as general paralysis of the insane, was due to stress. «New Statesman, Jun 13»
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Tragic extravagance: A new book about Madame Sherri
The coroner listed the cause of death as “general paralysis of the insane.” In 1929, Madame Sherri headed for more peaceful New Hampshire ... «The Keene Sentinel, Jul 12»

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