An introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy / by T. Henry Green.

  • Green, T. Henry (Thomas Henry), 1841-1923.
Date:
1895
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    anterior and posterior horns. It is usually a neoplastic formation, but according to Charcot it may arise from a central myelitis. Its cause is unknown. The resulting symptoms are muscular wasting, and loss Fig. 223.—Insular Sclerosis. A small portion of the edge of an island of sclerosis seen in Fig. 222. Magnified 180 diameters. The section shows overgrowth of the neuroglia tissue at the expense of the white myelin sheath. The neuroglia stains deeply with carmine. Numbers of black dots are observable in the neuroglia ; these are sections of naked axis cyhnder processes, their myelin sheath having dis- appeared. There are some empty spaces in the section, but these are in all probability accidental. (F. W. Mott.) Fig. 224.—Syringomyelia. The section is from the cervical region and shows a central gliosis of the grey matter with excavation of the base of the right posterior horn. Lower down the excavation extended into the anterior horns on both sides. (F. W. Molt.) of sensation to heat and cold, and painful impressions, but preservation of touch. This seiisoi'y dissociation is peculiarly characteristic of the disease, and goes to prove that Schift was right in asserting that th