On paralysis from brain disease in its common forms.

  • Bastian, H. Charlton.
Date:
1875
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Credit: On paralysis from brain disease in its common forms. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LECTURE V. Alterations in Nutrition—Degenerations in the Cord—Arrest of Growth in Limbs—Aphasia and other Defects in Speech — Functional Diffe- rences between the two Cerebral Hemispheres . Alterations in Nutrition—Acute Sloughing—Congestions and Haemorrhages—Dropsy of Paralysed Limbs—Inflamma- tion of Joints—Changes in Nerve Trunks — Muscular Atrophy —Secondary Degenerations of the Spinal Cord— Their Distribution and Occasional Extensions—Their Re- lation to Late Rigidity and other Changes Arrest of Growth in Paralysed Limbs—Occasion of its Occur- rence—Affects Arm more frequently than Leg—Distal Segments principally implicated—Usually co-exists with Atrophy of part of Brain—Not to be confounded with Infantile Paralysis—Arrested Growth of Nails .... Defects in Power of Speaking—Difficulty in Articulation— Illustrative Case—Minor Defects of same kind—Amnesia —Meaning of the Condition—Different Degrees of Intensity —Illustrative Letter—Previous Defects not specially re- lated to Disease of one or other Side of the Brain—Other Opinions on this Subject—Aphasia is specially related to Disease of Left Hemisphere—Different Grades of Severity —Illustrative Case—Gustatory and Visual Incitations often more potent than Auditory—Illustrations—Kind of Speech met with in Aphasics—Mental Power in some Cases— Ability to write—Illustration—Aphemia—Agraphia—In- teresting Case—Ataxic Defects in Speech and Writing compared—Different Combinations of Defective Intel- lectual Expression met with—Importance of Left Hemi- sphere in initiating these acts—Regions principally affected —Third Frontal Convolution—Explanation of its import- ance—Anatomical Investigations Peculiarities attaching to Lesions in the Right Cerebral Hemi- sphere—Greater Fatality of— More frequently produce