Palsy

(pawl'-ze). Paralysis. P., Bell's. See Diseases, Table of. P., Birth. See Birth . P., Cerebral, a paralysis due to a lesion in the brain. P., Creeping, an old term for progre ive muscular atrophy. P., Crutch, that due to pre ure of the crutch in the axilla upon the brachial nerves. P., Dancers', a cramp affecting especially the muscles in the calf of the profe ional danseuse. P., Erb's: I. Paralysis of the brachial plexus. 2. Spastic paraplegia. See Diseases, Table of. P., Facial. See Paralysis, Bell's. P., Pen. See Writers' Cramp. P., Scriveners'. Synonym of Cramp. P., Shaking. Synonym of Paralysis agilans. P., Wasting, progre ive muscular atrophy.