. Journal - American Medical Association . - (2), may be produced by concussive spinal lesions where the question of the causa-tion of these pathological changes justly raisesthe query—shall they not be excluded in thisenumeration ? Notwithstanding all this it must be admitted while the bony walls of the spinal column andits ligaments remain in their normal state. Theanswer of the second query likewise includes insome degree the reply to the third question,since it shows that in the spinal cord concussive i8go.] CONCUSSION OF THJC SPINAL CORD. 863 force may produce pathological changes


. Journal - American Medical Association . - (2), may be produced by concussive spinal lesions where the question of the causa-tion of these pathological changes justly raisesthe query—shall they not be excluded in thisenumeration ? Notwithstanding all this it must be admitted while the bony walls of the spinal column andits ligaments remain in their normal state. Theanswer of the second query likewise includes insome degree the reply to the third question,since it shows that in the spinal cord concussive i8go.] CONCUSSION OF THJC SPINAL CORD. 863 force may produce pathological changes. Infact, it must l>e self-evident to ns that these path-(.loj;ical chanyjis occurring when there is neithera fracture of any portion of the spinal column, arupture of the spinal ligaments, or a stretching ofthe same can (july he causeil by a true concussiveforce. The next point demonstrated by our experi-mental studies is, that the force required for theprotluction of these lesions must be comparative-ly very great, since only a limited number ofthese injuries resulted from a


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