Lectures on diseases of the spinal cord / by J.M. Charcot translated by Cornelius G. Comegys.

  • Jean-Martin Charcot
Date:
1881
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    CONTENTS. LECTURE ONE. CONSTRUCTION AND SYSTEMATIC LESIONS OF THE SPINAL CORD. Summary:—Ratrospect and present course.—The pathological anatomy of the nervous system is quite incomplete.—A decided advance was made by the discovery of the lesion in locomotor ataxia; also in our knowledge of the disease known as multilocular induration.—Sclerose en plaques.—The practical character of pathological anatomy is shown in the better knowledge we have of the pathology of the nervous centres in the cerebro-spinal axis, and has greatly amplified our knowledge of the construction of the spinal cord.—A new description of the different fasciculi of the cord.—Lesions in the gray substance.—The study of the , anatomy of development, of pathological anatomy and of symptoma- tology, has led to the discovery of the existence of the new anatomical regions.—Revelations of the cord at birth.—The systematic tracts are possessed of ^ pathological autonomy.—The altered functions of the cord as shown by disease, could not be demonstrated by experimental re- searches.—Symptoms differ accordingly as different tracts are diseased.— Localization is the dominant idea in these pathological researches.— What is meant by localization? . . . . . . l-ii LECTURE TWO. ON THE PYRAMIDAL FASCICULI. Summary : — Principal fact of last lecture is the demonstration of sys- tematic lesions of the cord. —The anatomy of development at birth a field of research.—Brain at birth less developed than bulb or spinal cord.—Outline of the physical, anatomical and chemical construction of the brain in the new-born.—Physiology of the brain corresponds to a rudimentary state.—No voluntary power; all action is automatic.— Electrical examination of brain.—Difference in development in animals bom blind and those with perfect eyes.—The anatomical and physiolog- ical facts have their counterpart in pathological states.—Absence of symp-