Case of chronic hydrocephalus connected with cancer at the base of the brain / by J. Warburton Begbie ; with an account of the morbid appearances, by D. Rutherford Haldane.

  • James Warburton Begbie
Date:
1856
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Credit: Case of chronic hydrocephalus connected with cancer at the base of the brain / by J. Warburton Begbie ; with an account of the morbid appearances, by D. Rutherford Haldane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    was destroyed, common sensation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils unquestionably remained. The circumstance of the boy taking pleasure in holding an apple to his nose, may have been the result of agreeable associations. Judoing from the history, the tumor must have begun to enlarge more rapidly within the last few months; this is explained by the soft structure of the recent growth. The immediate cause of death was, I apprehend, hsemorrhage from one or more of the blood-ves- sels, with which the growth was abundantly supplied; the appear- ance of the blood in the ventricle and elsewhere, indicated that it had been recently extravasated, while the occurrence of convulsions fixes the exact date, it being well known that, in the case of children, haemorrhage into the substance, or upon the surface of the brain, far more frequently gives rise to convulsions than to paralysis. The unimpaired condition of the boy's mind is highly interesting, as illustrative of the great amount of lesion of the deeper portions of the brain, which is compatible with perfect integrity of the intel- lectual faculties. The mere flattening out of the convolutions, ap- pears not to prevent their grey matter from performing its functions. In the account of the post-mortem appearances, I have alluded particularly to the condition of the thymus gland, as it has been noticed that in cases of sub-acute and chronic hydrocephalus, this body does not undergo its normal involution. In this case the thymus was considerably larger than is usual at the age of eleven years, and its fatty transformation had made comparatively little progress. MURRAY AND OIBB, PRINTKR8, EDINBURGH.
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