Is there a doctor in the house?

[rolanni]

I'm looking for information on how a Regency-period doctor might describe/diagnose a stroke.

All assistance greatly appreciated.

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[swedishsis.livejournal.com]

Medscape has an article on Virchow (1821-1902) that has some interesting background history on strokes:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/545324

it includes a reference page and one of their references is:

Schiller F: Concepts of stroke before and after Virchow. Med Hist 14:115–131, 1970

since Virchow's work was mainly mid 19th century that reference may have descriptions from the time period you are looking for?