Aphasia and death resulting from softening in left anterior cerebral lobe and cerebellum, due to atheromatous degeneration and embolism of the cerebral arteries / by J. Fayrer, M.D.

  • Fayrer, Joseph, Sir, 1824-1907.
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[cbetween 1800 and 1899?]
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Credit: Aphasia and death resulting from softening in left anterior cerebral lobe and cerebellum, due to atheromatous degeneration and embolism of the cerebral arteries / by J. Fayrer, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    certainly a marked feature in his case tliroughout, was affection of the speech; for even after the fii'st attack, though perfectly recovered in aU other respects, there remained some peculiarity in his speech-a rapidity of utterance, and a tendency to forget or to substitute words that was quite unnatui-al. ^ As the wasting of the brain substance proceeded, this condition of aphasia also tended to increase, untU just before the occurrence of the last fatal embolism of the basUar artery it had become the most marked feature of his condition, and pointed to what we had feared must prove to be irreparable mischief in the brain. The arterial disease must, no doubt, therefore be regarded as the cause of mischief; it is remarkable that it should have gone to such an extent at the comparatively early age of 42. The aorta was Uterally one mass of atheroma. There was more diseased than sound tissue, and it is probable that the same condition existed throughout the body, although no local gangrenes had occurred to give evidence that it was so. In all other respects he was in remarkably good health, being fatter and more muscular than I had ever seen him, within a fortnight of his death. His organs generaUy were sound; lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys performed their functions naturally; the heart's action was normal in rythm and sound ; and his pulse was steady and regular. The atheromatous degeneration of the arterial system appears to have been a constitutional pccuUar- ity, and to it must be assigned the disturbance in the cu-culation Which resulted in the pathological conditions I have described. •, CiLCCTTA CBHTBAL PltES3 COMPANT, LIMITED, 6, OOTIirOII. HOUSE STBBBT.