Select cases of the disorder commonly termed the paralysis of the lower extremities / by John Jebb.

  • John Jebb
Date:
1782
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Credit: Select cases of the disorder commonly termed the paralysis of the lower extremities / by John Jebb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    fluid contained In the pouch: the apo- neurotic expanfion confining the fluid was much thickened ; its colour almofl black. The medulla fpinalls appeared perfedlly found. The dura mater, where it lay ex- pofed to the matter, was alfo black, but not eroded, except that a fmall aperture, as if made with a lancet, was difcerned on one fide, through which it was fup- pofed the fluid of the abfcefs had pene- trated, fo as to prefs upon the fpinal mar- row itfelf, A portion of two or three of the dorfal nerves on one fide, in the place where they iflue between the vertebras, was totally defl:royed. The capitula of the correfponding ribs were alfo expofccj and corifiderably eroded. CASE
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