Radiculoneuritis With Acellular Hyperalbuminosis of the Cerebrospinal Fluid

My purpose in this article is to discuss the neurologic syndrome which, in collaboration with J. A. Barré and A. Strohl, was described¹for the first time in 1916. Since, numerous cases have been reported in different countries under the title syndrome of Guillain-Barré or some other name. I propose to give a résumé of ten unpublished cases. Furthermore, I shall delimit as exactly as possible the syndrome which we isolated so that it may be kept distinct from the broad group of polyradicular neuritides which occur commonly in neurologic practice. In the original report¹to the Société médicale des hôpitaux de Paris on Oct. 13, 1916, we said: We call attention to a clinical syndrome which we have observed in two cases, a syndrome characterized by motor disturbances, loss of tendon jerks, with preservation of cutaneous reflexes, paresthesias with slight disturbance of objective sensibility, tenderness on pressure