May I suggest as possibly relevant, the 1970 case, Gloria Sykes v San Francisco Municipal Railway?
https://www.trialguides.com/blogs/authors/marvin-lewis
The story behind the case has also been made into a musical:
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/01/07/sf-woman-hits-her-head-in-muni-accident-and-becomes-nymphomanic-now-its-a-musical-the-cable-car/
Does have to be said, though, that this comes not long after the somewhat-forgotten revelations of the "extraordinary case of Sarah Hawkes" -- which did implicate spinal nerves in a great number of complex behaviors. See the interesting take on the 'evolution' of railway spine in medicine in Bruce Sterling's The Difference Engine -- not all steampunk is romantic!
No, not spine cars (centerbeams), the original (?) name for what is no known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (with side trips to Old Sergeants Syndrome and Bicycle Face:
https://jalopnik.com/railway-spine-the-mystery-disease-that-changed-our-und-1846519946
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