Pathological and practical researches on diseases of the brain and the spinal cord / By John Abercrombie.

  • Abercrombie, John, 1780-1844
Date:
1836
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Credit: Pathological and practical researches on diseases of the brain and the spinal cord / By John Abercrombie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    satisfy myself with a simple record of the best authen~ ticated facts, which may be arranged under the following heads: I. Acute inflammation of the membranes, or menin-~ gitis of the cord. Ii. Inflammation of the body of the eord, terminating by ramollissement or suppuration. III. Serous effusion in the spinal canal. TV. Extravasation of blood in the spinal canal, or spinal apoplexy. | V. Fungoid disease and thickening of the mem- branes. VI. Induration of the cord. VII. Compression of the cord by new formations within the canal, as tubercles, albuminous depositions, hydatids, and ossification of the membranes. VIII. Destruction of a portion of the cord. EX. Concussion of the spinal cord. X. Certain affections of the bones of the spine. SECTION I. MENINGITIS OF THE CORD. Or this remarkable affection, I am enabled to give the two following examples, the second of which I received from the late Dr. Duncan. The other I did not see duxing the life of the patient, but I was present at the examination of the body. I shall merely relate the cases, without founding upon them any general conclu- sions in regard to the characters of the disease. Cask CXLI.—A gentleman, aged 26, had been for several years liable to suppuration of the left ear. It