Lectures on diseases of the spinal cord / by J.M. Charcot translated by Cornelius G. Comegys.

  • Charcot, J. M. (Jean Martin), 1825-1893.
Date:
1881
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Credit: Lectures on diseases of the spinal cord / by J.M. Charcot translated by Cornelius G. Comegys. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the propagation is not made by the intermediation of the con- nective tissue, but, by following, exactly, the tract and by way of the nervous fibres which, parting from the pyramidal fasciculus gain the horns of the anterior gray substance. Anatomy indicates that this relation is established by the aid of small fasciculi of nerve fibres, which, from point to point, are detached from the pyramidal fasciculus. An attentive study will yet enable us, possibly, in cases of de- scending degeneration where the fibres are affected, to distinguish them amidst the sound fibres in the region of the reticular process. This very difficult observation has not yet been made. Gentlemen, we have entered into details, which may appear to you very minute. but assuredly, you will not have to regret it, for we come, if you will allow the expression, to lay our hands on data of the first order, and which we shall utilize very soon for the physiological interpretation of amyotrophies of spinal origin.