Path. [Named after Dr. Thomsen of Schleswig-Holstein, who first described it, from his own case.] See quot. 1890. So Thomsen-like a.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., Thomsen’s disease, Myotonia congenita, a peculiar congenital affection characterized by inability to relax the muscles immediately after contraction.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VI. 471. The Thomsen-like contractions are due to the action of phosphate of soda on the muscular fibres themselves.
