Organic and functional nervous diseases; a text-book of neurology . ar tract, and the lateral pyramidal tract. Incases of long duration the lateral limiting layer, the tract of Gowers,and a part of the antero-lateral tract adjacent to the pyramidal tract,as well as the cells of Clarkes column and of the central gray matter,are also degenerated and the sclerosis is more complete in the columnsfirst affected. The extent of the lesion vertically also differs in differ-ent cases, according to their duration. In the majority of cases thedorsal region of the cord is the part first involved, and as t
Organic and functional nervous diseases; a text-book of neurology . ar tract, and the lateral pyramidal tract. Incases of long duration the lateral limiting layer, the tract of Gowers,and a part of the antero-lateral tract adjacent to the pyramidal tract,as well as the cells of Clarkes column and of the central gray matter,are also degenerated and the sclerosis is more complete in the columnsfirst affected. The extent of the lesion vertically also differs in differ-ent cases, according to their duration. In the majority of cases thedorsal region of the cord is the part first involved, and as the case goeson secondary degeneration as well as the extension of the original lesionincrease the vertical extent of the sclerotic process. In some cases thelateral columns are more deeply involved than in others. In some PATHOLOGY. 385 cases the posterior columns are those first and most seriously if the pStient lives long enough the terminal condition is one ofinvasion of both columns in their entire length. The varying descrip- FiG. 165. Fig.
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