. A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians . Hysterical astasia-abasia. (Lloyd.) spastic i^araplegia, and occurs because ofcontracture in the calf muscles. Whenthe child begins to walk, one foot getsover in front of the other. Sometimes aswinging oscillation of the body occurs,which may persist throughout adult life.(See Fig. 15.) The gait of pseudohypertrophic muscu-lar parali/sis is known as the waddlinggait. This oscillating character is assumedin order that the body be so inclined asto bring the centre of gravity over eachfoot on which the patient successivelyt
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. A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians . Hysterical astasia-abasia. (Lloyd.) spastic i^araplegia, and occurs because ofcontracture in the calf muscles. Whenthe child begins to walk, one foot getsover in front of the other. Sometimes aswinging oscillation of the body occurs, which may persist throughout adult life.(See Fig. 15.) The gait of pseudohypertrophic muscu-lar parali/sis is known as the waddlinggait. This oscillating character is assumedin order that the body be so inclined asto bring the centre of gravity over eachfoot on which the patient successivelythrows his weight, because the weak gluteus medius can not counteractthe inclination toward the leg that is off the ground unless the balanceis exact. (Gowers.) The position assumed m getting up from the floor, as described by Gowers, is pathognomonic. The patient turns over inthe all-fours position, raises the trunk with his arms, rests the trunk uponthe extended hands, then extends the knees, pushes back with the hands Typical pseudohypertrophic muscularparalysis. (Der