The anatomy of the brain, explained in a series of engravings / By Charles Bell.

  • Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842.
Date:
1802
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Credit: The anatomy of the brain, explained in a series of engravings / By Charles Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    k. The Longitudinal Medullary Lines2 of the Corpus Cal¬ losum, and betwixt these is the Rapha 3, or Furrow. 2 i( Petits Cordons.” (Winslow,)—“ Filets ou tractus medullaires longitudinaux da “ corps calleux.” (Vicq. d)Azyr.) 3 Haller, Gunz, &,c. We observe, in this and the succeeding Plate, little spots of extravasation in the medullary matter from the cut vessels. Walter says, “ Anatomici credunt hsec esse t( guttas sanguinis, ex finibus venarum et arteriarum transscissarum manentes; at- <£ tamen me multa, eaque feliciter instituta experimenta convicerunt, hsec minime {1 esse arterias, sed tantum venas, ex quibus substantia medullari transscissa sangui- “ nis fluit.” These vessels in a congestion of the Brain becoming more numerous, and being filled with a dark-coloured blood, give a dark or brownish colour to the medullary substance.