The American journal of the medical sciences . er. She lost all power overher limbs and sphincters, and was unable even to protrude her tongue; but,strangely enough, there was no marked facial paralysis. She was almostentirely unconscious until her death, which took place on the 19th, unac-companied by convulsions. During her illness she never was troubled withvomiting or nausea. Her limbs were soft, the flaccid muscles never indi-cating irritation of the brain. Autopsy.—Cadaver rather fat. Brain substance very slightly effusion of bloody serum at base of brain amounting probably
The American journal of the medical sciences . er. She lost all power overher limbs and sphincters, and was unable even to protrude her tongue; but,strangely enough, there was no marked facial paralysis. She was almostentirely unconscious until her death, which took place on the 19th, unac-companied by convulsions. During her illness she never was troubled withvomiting or nausea. Her limbs were soft, the flaccid muscles never indi-cating irritation of the brain. Autopsy.—Cadaver rather fat. Brain substance very slightly effusion of bloody serum at base of brain amounting probably to halfa gill. Meninges brightly injected, closely adherent to the anterior portionof the right hemisphere. There was situated just anterior to the fissureof Sylvius an irregularly ovoidal and lobulated tumour. This was of con-siderable firmness, but did not creak under the knife, and was surroundedby a very delicate fibrous tunic. It measured one and a half inches inlength by one and a quarter in breadth, and three-quarters in depth. The A. dura mater coalesced with it so closely that it probably sprang from thatmembrane. The brain was softened all around the mass, but more especially. 1864.] Pathological Society of Philadelphia. 427 posteriorly to it, where its consistency was destroyed for about an inch anda half. There could not be found any indications of apoplectic clots eitherold or recent. The tumour juice contained numerous irregularly ovoidal cells,mostly containing another nucleated cell (Fig. B). No multipolar or fusiformcells could be found. On section the tumour was seen to be composed offibrous elements with apparently amorphous material, amongst which werenumerous cells and granules similar to those seen in the juice (Fig. A).All the viscera of the thorax and abdomen were examined and found to behealthy. Apoplexy Folloiving Railroad Injury of Head. Death, Autopsy, John Ashhurst, Jr., read the following report of this case:— 0. H. S., aged about 40, w
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