Tumors of the cerebellum / by Charles K. Mills [and others].

Date:
1905
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Credit: Tumors of the cerebellum / by Charles K. Mills [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    some fresh hemorrhages which have appeared on the nasal halves of the swollen nerve heads. January 4, 1904.—The ophthalmoscopic ap- pearances noted by Dr. Shumway are double op- tic neuritis, plus 6 D. The vision of the right eye is doubtful light perception. The left eye is ab- solutely blind. A repetition of his examination on the following day by Dr. de Schweinitz con- firmed the observations. No changes were noted at the next examination, on the 7th of January. Examination, January 17, 1904.—There is marked subsidence of the swelling of the discs, the apices of which are not more than 3 D., and the edges of the disc margins are beginning to appear. The macular figure noted before is very marked, and is now evident in both eyes. The retinal vessels are beginning to shrink and atro- phy is rapidly supervening. There is no light perception. This examination was repeated on January 25th, with practically the same results, possibly still further diminution of the swelling of the discs. Some weeks later, after the patient was dismissed from the hospital, the ordinary signs of postneuritic atrophy were present. The eyes were divergent, the pupils large and not re- sponding to light. This patient who presented the typical symp- toms of a tumor involving in large part one lateral lobe of the cerebellum, and therefore one of the most desirable cases for operation, was greatly benefited so far as the focal symptoms of a cere- bellar tumor and the general symptoms of an intracranial growth were concerned. Her head-