Cases brought before the notice of the Pathological Society of London : see Transactions, vol. X / by Dr. John W. Ogle.

  • Ogle, John W. (John William), 1824-1905.
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[1859]
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Credit: Cases brought before the notice of the Pathological Society of London : see Transactions, vol. X / by Dr. John W. Ogle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    always suffered from, ascarides in the bowels. His appetite was generally good but fastidious. As before said, he died from the effects of the burn. On post-mortem examination, the left arm and leg were found much more rigid than the right ones, and were partially flexed. The cranium was unusually large, but its coverings and the cranial bones themselves were natural, excepting that the latter were of unusual thinness. On removing the scull-cap the various sinuses were found healthy, and the dura mater on both sides, but especially so on the right, was seen to be more than usually dis- tended. On dividing the dura mater the surface of the left cerebral hemisphere appeared to be tolerably firm and natural (Plate IV.), except that in one or two places between the convolutions and under the arachnoid, specks of light-yellow coloured recent fibrin existed. The large longitudinal sulcus between the contiguous hem- ispheres was obliterated by firm light-coloured adhesions, and the right cerebral hemisphere had the following unusual appearances. It had the look (at least the anterior three-fourths) of a huge bag distended with fluid, the surface being roughened, and for the most part of an opaque-yellow colour. This colour was owing to great thickening and hardening of the investing arachnoid mem- brane, but here and there towards the outer circumference where this membrane was less thick, the blood-vessels were seen to be very numerous and very injected, so as to give in these places a rather vivid-red hue to the surface. The roughening of the sur- face, which here and there was almost scabrous, depended on the hardening and contraction of the summits of the various cerebral convolutions. Moreover, in several places under the thickened arachnoid, specks and smaU masses of yellow old-standing fibrin- ous exudation were seen. This condition also extended to the lateral portion of this hemisphere, but not to the base. On slicing the brain, which was of unusuaUy large size, from the upper surface, the general structure of the left hemisphere was perhaps not so firm as it should be, but nothing more unusual presented itself. The left ventricle was extremely large. The substance of the right cerebral hemisphere was, however, in a very different condition. The upper surface of the greater portion of this part,* * The posterior fourth of this hemisphere had its superficial convolutions as