On injuries of the head affecting the brain. And on some points connected with the anatomy and surgery of inguinal and femoral herniae / [G.J. Guthrie].

  • Guthrie, G. J. (George James), 1785-1856
Date:
1847
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Credit: On injuries of the head affecting the brain. And on some points connected with the anatomy and surgery of inguinal and femoral herniae / [G.J. Guthrie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. General Remarks, 1. Wounds of the brain more fatal on the fore part than on the side or middle of the head, less so on the back part, 2. Instances of balls lodging in the brain, 2. Fracture of the base of the skull more common in civil life, 3. Injuries of par- ticular parts of the brain evinced by particular symptoms, 3. Experiments on the subject by Mayaand Flourens, 4. Opinions of Dr. Marshall Hall, of Muller, of Grainger, on incident and reflex nerves, 5. Deductions from them, 6. Concussion, definition of, 7. Littre,opinion of, and case, 7. Hamel’s case referred to by Morgagni, 8. Sabatier, Richerand, Delpech, O’Halloran, opinions of, 8. Dupuytren and Sir B. Brodie, 9. Chopart believed Littre’s case to be an exaggeration, in which belief the author concurs, 9. Fall from the dome of Buckingham Palace without serious injury, 10. Fall from a height supposed to cause a vacuum in the skull, 10. Inflammation the consequence, 10. Effects of a moderate shock, and case, 11. More serious cases often accompanied by laceration, 11. Symptoms of a severe case of con- cussion, 11. Immediate treatment, 12. Opinions of Dupuytren, Tyrrell, Petit, Andrews, 12. First stage of Abernethy, 13. Symptoms continued, 13. Vomit- ing, commencing reaction, 14. Second and third stages of Abernethy, 14. Mo- tions of the iris influenced in three ways, 15. Sir. A. Cooper on pulsation of the carotids, 16. Case showing that it is not a more certain symptom of concussion than of compression, 17. Deviations from the ordinary modes of breathing are uncertain signs, 17. Stertorous breathing, and the whiff or puff at the corner of the mouth, 17. Stupefaction, insensibility, difference of, in concussion and compression, 18. Pulse not a diagnostic sign, 18. Generally diminished in frequency, 19. Abernethy on blood-letting, remarks on, and case of Wiseman, 19. Case showing too early and too large bleeding inducing convulsions and syn- cope, 19, 20. Opinion of Andral, 21. Period when the stage of depression is passing into that of excitement, 21. Treatment; the author’s views on this point supported by cases, 21, 22. Congestion preceding inflammation, and giving rise to stupefaction and symptoms of compression, 23. Case by Mr. White, 23. Use of small and repeated bleedings, 24. Use of mercury, 25. Blisters only to be ap- plied when inflammation has begun to subside, 25. Cases of concussion compli- cated with symptoms of compression, 25, 26. Convulsions dependent on loss of blood, or laceration of the brain, 26. See also 47, 48, 49. Case of laceration, with peculiar symptoms, in Mr. S., 26, 28. Mania, supervening cases of, 29. Use of opium, 29. Cases illustrative of its effects, 30. Blood-letting inadmissi- ble, 32. Symptoms following concussion at a more distant period, 32. Relapse, frequency of, 33. Prevention, 33. Transition from cases of concussion, with