Diseases of the nervous system / edited by Archibald Church.

Date:
1908
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Credit: Diseases of the nervous system / edited by Archibald Church. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAGE The Macroscopic Anatomy of the Central Nervous System with Special Reference to the Physiology of the Brain 1 Normal and Pathological Histology of the Central Nervous System, with Special Reference to the Neuron Theory 34 I. Preliminary Remarks: The Histologic Components of the Nervous System . 35 A. The Nerve Tissue 35 B. The Supporting Substance (The Gray or Vesicular Substance) . .42 II. The Grouping of the Nervous Substance and the Neuron Theory ... 44 III. The Fibrilla? Theory. (Neuro-Fibrils) 46 IV. Neuron Systems and Neuron Diseases 47 A. The Motor Tract 48 1. The First Motor Neuron 48 2. The Second Motor Neurons 60 B. Diseases of the Motor Tract 69 1. Diseases of the First Motor Neuron 70 2. Diseases of Both Motor Neurons 72 C. The Sensory Tract 73 1. The First Sensory Neuron 73 2. The Second Sensory Neuron 86 3. The Third Sensory Neuron 97 D. Diseases of the Sensory Neurons. Tabes Dorsalis 100 E. Other Known Tracts in the Central Nervous System 103 1. In the Cerebrum and Peduncles of the Brain 103 2. In the Cerebellum 107 F. Neuron Diseases of the Cerebellum. Friedreich's Ataxia . . .112 G. Combined System Diseases 113 V. Other Diseases of the Central Nervous System 113 A. Acute Myelitis, Encephalitis, and Acute Softening 114 B. Acute Poliomyelitis 117 C. Acute Bulbar Paralysis 118 D. Chronic Myelitis and Encephalitis 118 E. Chronic Poliomyelitis 119 F. Multiple Sclerosis 120 G. Secondary Degenerations 120 1. Secondary Descending Degeneration of the Spinal Cord . . . .122 2. Ascending Degeneration in the Spinal Cord 124 3. Secondary Degeneration in the Brain . . . . . . . .125 H. Syphilis of the Nervous System 125 General Neurological Diagnosis including the Examination of Patients with Diseases of the Nervous System 129 Introduction 129 History (Anamnesis) 130