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ascending paralysis(medicine)
acute ascending paralysis(medicine)
tick paralysis(medicine)
Perceval(encyclopedia)
Perceval, Spencer(encyclopedia)
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Perceval, Spencer (sh) and ascending tick paralysis (medicine)


Perceval, Spencer (sh)




born Nov. 1, 1762, London, Eng.
died May 11, 1812, London

British prime minister (1809-12).

He entered Parliament in 1796 and supported William Pitt's policy of war with France. He served as attorney General (1802-06) and as chancellor of the Exchequer (1807-09). As premier from 1809, he was noted as an efficient administrator but also for his opposition to religious tolerance. He was assassinated by a deranged man who had applied to him for redress of a complaint against the government.


ascending tick paralysis (medicine)


ascending tick paralysis
<neurology> An ascending paralysis caused by the continued presence of Dermacentor and Ixodes ticks attached to the occipital or upper neck region in humans.

The treatment consists of tick removal and supportive care.