A contribution to brain surgery with special reference to brain tumors / by M. Allen Starr.

  • Starr, M. Allen (Moses Allen), 1854-1932.
Date:
1896
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Credit: A contribution to brain surgery with special reference to brain tumors / by M. Allen Starr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Patients both died.—Stewart and Annandale, Edin- burgh Hospital Reports, 1895. Sarcoma, right cere- bellar lobe. Patient much improved two months later. —Munn, l7iter7iational Jo7ir7ial of S7/rgery, February, 1895. Tumor of the cerebellum found but not en- tirely removed. Patient died the next day. Table IV. Tumors Trephined for, Found but not Removed.—Ce7it7'al Regio7i.—Horsley, British Medical Jo7ir7ial, December 23d, 1893. Fibroma, motor zone, too large for removal. Death.—Bruzelius and Berg, Ce7it7-albl. filr Nerven., 1895, p. 529. Gli- oma of the central convolutions. Not removed. Pa- tient died two months later.—Nicholson, British Medical Jour7ial, December 23, 1839. Sarcoma of motor area, could not be removed and patient died. — Starr and McBurney. Glioma of central area too extensive and vascular for removal. Patient died ten days after operation. Table V. Tumors Trephined for but Not Found. —F7-07ital Regio7i.—Chipault, Revue Nevrologique^ 1893, p. 149. Glioma, frontal subcortical. Not found at operation. Died.—Fagnet and Lanne- longue, Mercredi Med., 1895, No. 12. Right second frontal convolutions, subcortical gumma, trephined over motor region, died within a few days of opera- tion.—Aldibert, Rev/ce de Chir., 1895, No. 2. Tumor of the first and second frontal convolutions. Tre- phining done over Rolandic region. Death three months after the operation.—Hermanidas, Neurolog. Ce7itralbl., 1895, p. 181. Tumor of the second fron- tal convolution supposed to be cerebellar. Patient died soon after operation. Parietal Regio7i.—Walton and Richardson, A77te/i- ca7t Jour7iaI of the Medical Scic7ices, December 18, 1893. Aphasia. Tumor located in left parietal region not found at operation. Patient lived two months. Some relief of general symptoms for two weeks. At autopsy sarcoma at junction of parietal and occipital areas.—