Discussion on the diagnosis and treatment of abcess of the brain : opening papers.

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[1934?]
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Credit: Discussion on the diagnosis and treatment of abcess of the brain : opening papers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Subsequent course.—Convalescence was uneventful, except for one focal attack of a sensory character in the left arm and leg, on the second day after operation. Papillcedema subsided with preservation of good vision and the visual fields expanded to their normal limits. There (®) (6) Fig. 5. Case 2. Abscess after removal: (a) superficial surface showing adherent dura ; (6) deep surface, showing white matter adhering to the wall of the abscess. (a) (6) Fig. 6. Case 2.—Abscess after removal: (a) interior of abscess cavity ; (b) horsehair leading from small loculus into main abscess cavity. was complete recovery of all forms of sensibility in the left upper and lower limbs, and all disability of motion disappeared. The ankle-jerks were still absent. At the last report six months after operation the patient was living a normal life. This case has not been observed long enough to allow one to judge of the ultimate result but the immediate result provides a great contrast to what happened in Case 1. There is little doubt that drainage alone would have been unsuccessful in Case 2 because the small outlying loculus could never have been drained satisfactorily, and