Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 139.—1, Section of cervical cord in an old case of infantile paralysis. The right half is shrunkenin all its extent (Charcot). 2, Lumbar section in a case of infantile palsy: a, Focus of old inflamma-tion ; left half of cord shrunken. Findley, Harbitz, and Scheel,^ in the Norwegian epidemic, founda patchy leptomeningitis more evident on the anterior aspect of the 1 Brain, autumn, 1904. 2Handbuch der Neurologie, Bd. ii, Lewindowski, Berlin, 1913. 3 Norsk. Mag. f. Laegevidensk., 1907. p 392 DISEASES OF THE CORD PROPER. cord and most severe over the areas of dee
Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 139.—1, Section of cervical cord in an old case of infantile paralysis. The right half is shrunkenin all its extent (Charcot). 2, Lumbar section in a case of infantile palsy: a, Focus of old inflamma-tion ; left half of cord shrunken. Findley, Harbitz, and Scheel,^ in the Norwegian epidemic, founda patchy leptomeningitis more evident on the anterior aspect of the 1 Brain, autumn, 1904. 2Handbuch der Neurologie, Bd. ii, Lewindowski, Berlin, 1913. 3 Norsk. Mag. f. Laegevidensk., 1907. p 392 DISEASES OF THE CORD PROPER. cord and most severe over the areas of deeper-seated involvement,with great engorgement of the pia at these points. According to Flexnerand his associates the special globoid bacteria can be demonstrated inthe foci of inflammation. The myelitic foci vary in extent and number in various cases. Some-times they extend through several segments of the cord eight or tencentimeters or more in a vertical direction, but usually are one to twocentimeters in longitudinal exte
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