Causalgia
Abstract
This small monograph deals with the subject clearly, concisely, and intelligently. The study is based on 105 cases of true causalgia seen in military service and treated by sympathectomy, plus a lesser untabulated number treated in civilian practice. The author emphasizes the opinion that causalgia is a clinical entity characterized by pain which is usually burning, and is associated with vasomotor and trophic changes; this entity follows injury to peripheral nerves. It occurs most...