Pathological and practical researches on diseases of the brain and the spinal cord / by John Abercrombie.
- Date:
- 1845
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Pathological and practical researches on diseases of the brain and the spinal cord / by John Abercrombie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
419/488 page 395
![““esiiiualcori,' ‘ f'ftiw invesiaioiiofttie I’f'i? tils Eiiiytoaclose, poifiu Hkicli 'Mm to Ik te- ifj jiiostktecultiesiffil cav>? kr? ocranei to toe larntrsof eiteake disast .otiuDg woM lx ihai conli ia aaj Several ol' tk * 1^4 p;aailvdead<d:areiiiffl» nuiw*'’* -AiW . iiatef' 1 aaii affectfJ''” dxv K. ibiat ..mf D>^. -Hiia a* .. ii ' “ 1. al)“ “ ,hi2i»' , iili* ii !)<'' rfad^f^aia „.t> A'enous bloofl, and there was some bloody fluid around it. The sacrum was remarkably soft, and in some places carious ; and it was covered externally by a deep and extensive sloughing sore. O O All the other viscera were healthy. Case CLV.—A medical gentleman, aged .30, who had been for several years in the navy, returned home in perfect health, and w'as living in Edinburgh, when he was observed by his friends to drag his legs awk- wardly in walking. He was not himself at first sen- sible of it, but soon perceived a Aveakness and Avant of command over both bis legs, which gradually increased to nearly perfect paraplegia. Some time after the af- fection of the legs took place, he began to lose the power of his arms, and this also increased, till he re- tained in them only a very feeble and unsteady power of motion. They Avere also frequently seized Avith con- vulsive startings, so that any article Avhich he attempted to hold Avas throAvn from him Avith Auolence. The legs often started in the same manner, and AA'ere throAvn about Avith considerable violence, especially Avhen he attempted to move them Avhile he Avas sitting up. No disease could be discovered in the bones of the spine, and he Avas otherwise in good health, until about two years after tbe commencement of the complaint, Avhen he Avas seized Avith phthisis, of Avhich he died in Sep- tember 1822. I examined the body Avith the utmost care, and could not discover a vestige of disease either in the brain or the spinal cord. Case CLVI.—A Avoman, aged about 20, a servant, sprained her back in lifting some heavy article of furni- ture. She felt at the time no great inconvenience, but some time after, Aveakness of tbe legs took place, Avhich gradually increased to ])crfect paraplegia. After some time the affection extended to the arms, and she then had not a vestige of motion of any of the parts beloAV the head, except a very slight motion of some of the fingers’ ' .... but the internal functions Avere all entire, and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21959432_0419.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
