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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    A Woman, at. 35 (Tuberculosis). In 100 parts. Medulla oblongata. Cerebellum and ponsVarolii. Crura cerebri. Hemi¬ spheres. Corpora striata. Thalami optici. Average of whole. Water . 75-13 76-98 75-69 70-11 79-82 75-55 Solid matter. 24'87 23-02 • • • 24-31 29-89 20-18 24-45 Fats . 17-99 14-53 • • • 17 69 12-55 11-09 14-77 Albumen, &c. 6-88 8-49 i • • 6-62 17-34 9-09 9-68 A Man, at. 65 (Marasmus). In 100 parts. Medulla oblongata. | Cerebellum and ponsVarolii. Crura cerebri. Hemi¬ spheres. Corpora striata. Thalami optici. Average of whole. Water . 74-46 75*82 76-30 74*43 77-38 80-00 76-39 Solid matter. 25-54 24-18 23-70 25-57 22-62 20-00 23-61 Fats . . 15-43 13-29 13-60 14-46 9-91 80-20 12-44 Albumen, &c. 10-11 10-89 10-10 11-11 12-71 11-80 11-17 A Man, at. 41 (Typhus). In 100 parts. Medulla oblongata. Cerebellum and ponsVarolii. Crura cerebri. Hemi¬ spheres. Corpora striata. Thalami optici. Average of whole. W ater . 73-08 76-52 76-49 74-24 7856 79-82 76-44 Solid matter. 27-00 23-48 23-51 25-77 21-44 20-18 23-56 Fats . 18-33 14-27 14-89 15-25 12-22 10-78 14-29 Albumen, &c. 8-67 9-21 86-20 10-52 9-22 9-40 9-27 A Man, at. 80 (Marasmus). In 100 parts. Medulla oblongata. Cerebellum and ponsVarolii. Crura cerebri. Hemi¬ spheres. Corpora striata. Thalami optici. Average of whole. Water . 72-03 72-30 72-38 80-00 75-64 73-44 74-58 Solid matter. 27-97 27-70 27-62 2000 24-36 26-56 25-42 Fats . 16-77 13-33 15-72 8-45 11-70 14-53 13-41 Albumen, &c. 11-20 14-37 11-90 11-55 12-66 12-03 12-01 Prom these analyses by Bibra of the brains of those who have died of the most dissimilar diseases it appears, first of all, that the quantity of fat in the brain is always to a certain extent individual, and that diseases which are attended by general emaciation do not alter the amount of cerebral fat. It must not, however, be for¬ gotten that what we designate as cerebral fats are proper fats only to a very small extent; in short, that they are peculiar matters of a fatty nature containing a large quantity of phosphorus, whose che¬ mical constitution is not sufficiently known, though it is certain that