A manual and atlas of medical ophthalmoscopy / by W.R. Gowers.

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1890
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    In examining the trunk of tlie optic nerve behind the eye, in cases of papillitis from cerebral tumour, I have found the optic nerve to present traces of inflammatory change, increase ■of nuclei and connective tissue, much more frequently than Fig. 45. Fig. 46. Sections from a Case of Optic Neuiiiti8 Due to a tumour in the frontal lobes. Fig. 44.—Section through the Disc. Swelling of the papilla, displacement of the retina outwards. Aggregation of leucocytes along the course of the vessels, thus indicating their position. No sign of compression of vein when passing through the sclerotic ring. No distension of the sheath of the nerve ( x 15). Fig. 45.—Part of a Transverse Section through the Optic Nerve, MIDWAY between THE Glode AND THE Oi'Tic FoRAMEN. Increase of leucocytes and some degeneration in the nerve iibres { x 100). Jig. 46.—Transverse Section just in front of the Commissure. The bundles of nerve fibres are separated by much newly formed librous tissue, which is encroaching on the fasciculi of the nerve. The nerve fibres are degenerated, and many leucocytes are scattered among them (x 100).