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There are, as has been pointed out by Mott, a leading authority in this matter, five ways in which syphilis affects the brain and nervous system: by moral shock; by the effects of the poison in producing anæmia and impaired general nutrition; by causing inflammation of the membranes and tissues of the brain; by producing arterial degeneration, leading on to brain-softening, paralysis, and dementia; as a main cause of the para-syphilitic affections of general paralysis and tabes dorsalis.
However, at Banklands Nickie solicited work, laborious and painful work. Moreover, he went to the job of his own free will, when sober and in his right mind. This seemed to imply an awakening of conscience, a dawning sense of his utter uselessness to the body politic, and a desire to figure as a useful member of society. On the other hand, it may have been a symptom of brain-softening.
He explained that his late uncle Sir Thomas had, in the closing years of his life, shown unmistakable signs of brain-softening, and that a symptom of his complaint had been his addiction to making a number of wills "two-thirds of 'em incoherent.
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