A treatise on mental diseases : based upon the lecture course at the Johns Hopkins University, 1899, and designed for the use of practitioners and students of medicine / by Henry J. Berkley.

  • Berkley, Henry J. (Henry Johns), 1860-1940.
Date:
1900
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    CONTENTS PART I THE ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY OF TEE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PAGE Section I. Introductory.1 The cerebrum. Descriptive anatomy of the meninges and convolutions. Development of the fissures. Arterial supply. Section II. Histology of the cortex.8 The blood-vessels. The lymphatic system of the cortex. The neuroglia. The nerve elements of the cortex. Their development. Varieties of cortical cells. Theory of the transmission of nerve impulses. Section III. The layers of the cortex.23 Morphological characteristics of the cells and axones of the several layers. Intra-cortical nerve fibres. Sub-cortical medullated fibres, a. Projection fibre system, b. Callosal fibres, c. Unilateral associa¬ tion fibres, d. Terminal fibres. Section IV. The relation of the cortical elements to one another . 34 Section V. The finer structure of the nerve cell.36 Section VI. The growth of the intra-cortical nerve fibres and cellu¬ lar LAYERS.44 PART II GENERA L PA TITO LOG Y Section I. The boundary lines between degenerative and non-degenera- TIVE TYPES OF INSANITY.51 Instability of nerve tissue in the insane. Heredity and degeneracy. Le¬ sions of the blood-vessel sheaths as a predisposing factor in insanity of organic-degenerative type. Disturbances of the return Ivmph-flow. Influence of infections and auto-intoxications in the evolution of in¬ sanity.