The word ambulance originally meant a moving hospital which follows an army in its movements. Later this term was referred to as field hospitals where ambulance wagons delivered patients. Perhaps it is sad state of human affairs that the history of ambulances follow the history of warfare.
Adie syndrome presents with three hallmark symptoms, namely at least one abnormally dilated pupil (mydriasis) which does not constrict in response to light, loss of deep tendon reflexes, and abnormalities of sweating. Other signs may include hyperopia due to accommodative paresis, photophobia and difficulty reading.
1 This is characterized by decreased pain and temperature sensation in a stocking-glove distribution, distal muscle weakness and atrophy (legs worse than arms) with stasis pigmentation and plantar ulcerations, wrist and foot drop, hyporeflexia with absent Achilles reflex, and antalgic gait. Then pain becomes prevalent in these areas, and symptoms can include a burning sensation in the feet. 2  In rare cases, patients experience loss of power in the legs, in which sensory loss is greater than motor loss; the etiology is axonal loss.