On a remarkable diminution of the medulla oblongata and adjacent portion of the spinal marrow : consequent upon gradual spontaneous luxation of the Processus dentatus, and ankylosis at the upper part of the spine, yet unattended by any sympton of paralysis / by P.D. Handyside.

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[1840]
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Credit: On a remarkable diminution of the medulla oblongata and adjacent portion of the spinal marrow : consequent upon gradual spontaneous luxation of the Processus dentatus, and ankylosis at the upper part of the spine, yet unattended by any sympton of paralysis / by P.D. Handyside. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON A IIEMARKAJILE DIMINUTION OF THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA, AND ADJACENT POETION OF THE SPINAL MARROW, CONSEQUENT UPON GRADUAL SPONTANEOUS LUXATION OF THE PROCESSUS DENTATUS, AND ANKYLOSIS AT THE UPPER PART OF THE SPINE, YET UNATTENDED BY ANY SYMPTOM OF PARALYSIS. BY P. D. HANDYSIDE, M. B., F. R. S. E., Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology, and Surgeon to the Royal Dispensary. [with AN ENGRAVING.] CRead before the Medico-Ckirurgical Society.J (From the Edin. Med. and Surg. Journal, No. 143.) William Craigie, a working-cutler by trade, suffered at the age of 22 years, under a protracted attack of rheumatic fever, and was in consequence confined to bed for about seven weeks. During much of that time he was so debilitated as to be unable to turn his head or body, and lay almost constantly upon his left side. On reco-. very from this illness there was evident ankylosis between the occiput, atlas, and adjoining vertebrae, his head being bent im- moveably forwards, and slightly to the right side. Nevertheless, ne was able soon to return to his accustomed employment, and, in- deed, he performed equally well the more severe and laborious operations at his forge, and the nicer and more delicate manipula- tions of a surgical instrument-maker, at which department of his wade he was unusually dexterous. Four years previous to his death, he suffered under a severe whTch tt' ''P'*''^ complaint, to mltSri ? ^^T ^ith the alternations of tem- perature which he was frequently called upon to endure, in a great