The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie.

  • Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823.
Date:
1793
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which take place in the brain, and its ap- pendages. I have just to add, that the brain is subject to great variety from origi- nal monstrous formation. A great part of what is usually called the cerebrum is some- times wanting, while the cerebellum,and the medulla spinalis are entire ; sometimes there is hardly any vestige of either the cerebrum or cerebellum, and the medulla spinalis is very much diminished in size ; at other times there is a total want of the brain, and there is no appearance of the medulla spi- nalis. In this case one should expect a want of nerves through the whole body. It is, however, not so ; nerves are found dis- 1 tributed in the common way, through the limbs, and the dorsal nerves can be seen arising from a membrane somewhat resem- bling the dura mater in the canal behind the vertebrae. When there is a total want of brain, it sometimes happens that there is ; a medulla spinalis, which, however, is of a very diminished size. In cases of defici- ency in the brain, the cranium is nearly