Selected monographs.

  • Kussmaul, Adolf, 1822-1902.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Selected monographs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    an experiment whicli seems clearly to prove our assumption. In a strong black rabbit we first broke off the anterior portion of the cranium covering the cerebrum as far as the edges of the orbit laterally, and backwards as far as the transverse sinus; then, beginning at the divided membrana obturatoria, we also removed the cranium covering the cerebellum laterally as far as possible, and anteriorly to the transverse sinus. When, lastly, we removed the remaining bridge of cranium over the transverse sinus, and the animal was dying from violent hsemorrhage from the latter blood-vessel, then only, and in spite of the fact that the brain, cere- bellum, and medulla oblongata, were so extensively exposed, did most frightful convulsions ensue, bearing completely the character of an epileptic attack.