On the chemical pathology of the brain / by Adam Addison.

  • Addison, Adam.
Date:
[1866]
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Credit: On the chemical pathology of the brain / by Adam Addison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In 100 parts. Left corpus striatum. Left thalamus opticus. Left hemisphere. Gray substance. Right hemisphere. Cancerous mass. Water. 81-82 7713 83-51 84-01 Solids. 18-18 22-87 16*49 13-99 Fats . 4-48 9-87 7-13 5-72 Album en, &c. 13-70 13-00 9-36 10-27 The altered structure contained a little more water, less fat, and more albuminates than the normal gray substance. IX.—Margaret S—, set. 65. Several years paralysed on the left side; subject to attacks of excitement; had persistent delusions as to being under electric influence. Died comatose during an attack of diarrhoea. Autopsy. Body in fair condition. Calvaria very soft and spongy. With the exception of a large quantity of fluid in the arachnoidal sac, two ounces in the lateral ventricles and some cysts in the choroid plexus, the membranes and substance of the brain appeared normal. The lower intestine was ulcerated. In 100 parts. Right hemisphere. Left hemisphere. Corpus striatum. Thala¬ mus opticus. Gray sub¬ stance. Average. Corpus striatum. Thala¬ mus opticus. Gray sub¬ stance. Average. Water . 80-90 77-55 83-22 80-55 79-48 76-67 83-53 79-89 Solids . 19-10 2245 16-78 19-45 20-52 23-33 16-47 20-11 Fats . 6-24 9-59 4-63 6-82 9-45 12-66 5-35 9-15 Albumen, &c. 12-86 12-86 12-15 12-63 11-07 10-67 11-12 10-96 It will be seen that the right side, or the side opposite the paralysis, contains more water, less fat, and more albuminates than the left. X.—Julia W—, set. 68. A case of chronic melancholia with hypochondriasis. Died comatose and paralysed on the left side after an illness of eight hours. Autopsy.—Body emaciated. Dura mater presents on its internal aspect a rusty appearance on the right side, owing to numerous minute pin-point extravasations of blood. The left side presents the same appearance to a less extent, the dura mater surrounding the cerebellum is not coloured rusty. The arachnoid likewise presents multitudes of pin-point extravasations, which, under the microscope, are distinctly seen embedded in its substance. Lateral ventricles contained four drachms of turbid serum, and their lining membranes were studded with a few crystalline granulations. Cerebral sub¬ stance apparently normal. The right side, that is, the affected side, contains a smaller quantity of fat and phosphorus than the left.