Wagner-Jauregg Symptom
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
The Wagner-Jauregg symptom describes specific facial muscle responses to ocular pressure in organic hemiplegia and stuporous psychiatric patients, as observed in early 20th-century neurology and psychiatry.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
WAGNER-JAUREGG SYMPTOMS are observed: 1) in organic hemiplegia: with light pressure on the eye on the healthy side, the muscles of this half of the face (especially the zygomatic) contract; with the same pressure on the eye of the paralyzed side, the muscles of that half of the face remain motionless; 2) in stuporous psychiatric patients: patients who do not respond to the strongest sensory stimuli, upon pressure on the eye, become more lively, mobile, and sufficiently conscious to react quite correctly to questions with words and gestures.
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“Wagner-Jauregg Symptom.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/wagner-jauregg-symptom/