Observations on hydrocephalus chronicus / by Alexander Monro, jun.

  • Monro, Alexander, 1773-1859.
Date:
1803
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Credit: Observations on hydrocephalus chronicus / by Alexander Monro, jun. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    GENERAL OBSERVATIONS O N HTDRO CEPHAL US: CHRONICUS. P*'t * aL1 • * ' Vr *-• * ■ J l* *• .»i. i • - - rg TIIS disease is much less prevalent than “*■ hydrocephalus phreniticus or acutus, and generally attacks infants before, at, or soon after birth. On account of its duration, it has been named Chronicus, in contradiftindtion to the hydrocephalus acutus, as some children have laboured under it for two, four, fix, nay even for nine or more years *. The In nundinis quondam publice se spedtandum ex- hibebat homo, qui primo vitae tempore liydrocephalo laboraverat, et languidam quidem vitam duxerat, setl tamen trigesimum annum superaverat: immanis erat capitis moles, dum reliquum corpus decennis pueri magnitudinem . non superabat; sensus aderant qui. dcm,