[Transactions of the Pathological Society of London].

  • Power, D'Arcy, 1855-1941.
Date:
1887
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    Reprinted from the ‘ Transactions of the Pathological Society of London,’ 1887. Round-celled sarcoma of the spinal cord and brain. , (Card specimen.) By W. P. Herringham, M.B., and D’Arcy Power, M B. The specimen was removed from the body of a woman aged 29. The leading symptoms in the case may be briefly summarised as follows: January, 1886.—Numbness and anaesthesia of the legs, followed by pain in the back of the legs, afterwards reaching to hips and loins. February.—Paraplegia with paralysis of the sphincters. June 24th.—Slight optic neuritis. July 30th.—Pain in head. August 7th.—Delirium. 13th.—Death. The growth occupies, in the spinal cord, the cauda equina and lumbar swelling, slightly eroding the bodies of the vertebrae, and spreading down the nerves. In the brain there are growths in the corpus callosum, third ventricle, anterior horn of the lateral ventricle, and optic chiasma.. There are also many small nodules in the cerebellum, and in each internal auditory meatus. December 6th, 1886. Imperforate anus ; (a) male, (b) female. {Card specimen.') By D’Arcy Power, M.B. A The rectum and urino-genital organs of a male infant. The • anus is imperforate. The rectum opens by a small aper ture, through which a black bristle has been passed into the prostatic portion of the urethra immediately to the left of the verumontanum. The situation of the anus is marked by a small papilla in front of the upper portion of the bristle. The specimen was obtained from the body of a child aged twenty-