On acute cerebro-spinal meningitis caused by the Diplococcus intracellularis of Weichselbaum : a clinical study / by Cecil Wall ; (communicated by Francis Warner).

  • Wall, Cecil, 1869-1947.
Date:
1903
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Credit: On acute cerebro-spinal meningitis caused by the Diplococcus intracellularis of Weichselbaum : a clinical study / by Cecil Wall ; (communicated by Francis Warner). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of thickening- or matting of the membranes in the region of the roof of the fourth ventricle. No lymph and no tubercle was found either upon the brain or cord. The lateral ventricles were very greatly dilated, so that they occupied the greater part of each hemisphere; the third and fourth ventricles were also much dilated, but the iter did not seem much larger than is normal. The central canal of the cord was not dilated. The veins on the walls of the lateral ventricles were distended; the choroid plexus was not distended or thrombosed. There was no evidence of thrombosis in any cerebral sinus. Both petrous bones appeared healthy. The brain substance was soft, but presented no other abnormality.