An introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy / by T. Henry Green.

  • Green, T. Henry (Thomas Henry), 1841-1923
Date:
1900
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    some observers have described atrophy of the corresponding motor convolutions of the brain. Atrophy of anterior root fibres must occur. Atrophy of the bones has also been found. Fig. 307.—Photomicrograph of Base oj Aiiterior Horn showing Cells 7uiih Swollen Varicose Axis Cylinders and Acute Inflammation in the tissues arotmd. From a case of acute infantile poliomyelitis, in which death occurred 14 days after onset. Specimen stained by Nissl method, x 250. [5<i<t Archives of Neurology, vol. i.) Landry's paralysis {acute ascending j^amlysis) : no definite lesion has been described; it may be due to the effects of a toxin acting upon the central or peripheral nervous system. The absence of troubles of nutiifion and sensibilitij points to the ])oison actings like curare, especially upon the motor tract, and serves to distinguish the disease from acute myelitis (p. 536). CONGENITAL DEFECTS OF THE BRAIN. Only those defects associated with Congenital Hemiplegia, Diplegia, Epilepsy, and Imbecility, will be here described (p. 6). Infantile paralysis of cerebral origin arises from a number of morbid conditions. Some are of vascular origin, some are due to inflammatory conditions, and some to arrested development. Morbid Anatomy.—Cysts, areas of sclerosis, or patches of softening, may be found the result of embolism, tlironibosis, or htemorrhage, usually meningeal. Porcncephalon is generally congenital. It is a defect of the convohitions of variable extent, by which a cavity is formed, penetrating a variable distance into the hemisphere, some-