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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    cer of the face, probably dying from this affec- tion. The patient denied syphilis. About two years before admission to the hos- pital he began to have headache, most marked behind the eyes and in the temporal regions. His sight also began to fail at this time, and his gait became unsteady, he tending to totter or fall to the right side. His headache improved under treatment, but his sight and gait remained the same. In May, 1901, he had a crisis of vomiting, which lasted for about a week; he vomited almost daily, immediately after eating, there being little retch- ing or straining accompanying the vomiting. The left leg at this time seemed weaker than the right. His bowels were constipated, and were moved by laxatives daily for two years before he came to the hospital. He had no pain in the anus or in the legs. He was not paralyzed and had no vesi- cal symptoms. There was no history of vertigo; his hearing was not disturbed and his memory was good. On rising in the morning he had on a few occasions attacks of faintness or weakness, but he had never lost consciousness. Examination of the urine two days after ad- mission to the hospital was negative. Several examinations of this patient, made by Dr. Mills and Dr. Spiller shortly after admission, gave the following results: Vertical nystagmus was present when the eyes were at rest or when they looked upward or downward, the nystagmus becoming lateral when the eyes were turned to the right or left. The patient in walking took