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1886 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. I. ii. 91 The term ‘multiple neuritis’, or ‘polyneuritis’, is applied to the condition in which many nerves are inflamed simultaneously or in rapid succession.

1908 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics I. 301/1 Most characteristic [of chronic alcoholism] is multiple neuritis, an inflammation of the nerves beginning in the feet and hands, and advancing upwards if the cause persists, till a fatal result occurs.

1938 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 4 June 1913/2 It is suggested that the term multiple neuropathy, polyneuropathy or peripheral neuropathy be substituted for multiple neuritis in those cases in which both the cause and the pathologic changes point to a degenerative process.

1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 1027/2 The..grandfather..died..from an acute illness which produced paralysis of both lower limbs and was called ‘multiple neuritis’.