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. it is vascular. There was an old contention as to whether the lesion wasfirst parenchymatous, as Charcot claimed, or first interstitial, as insistedupon by Goldscheider, Redlich, and others. The present weight ofauthority points to invasion by the blood-vessels, interstitial dissemina-tion, and cellular destruction as the natura
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. it is vascular. There was an old contention as to whether the lesion wasfirst parenchymatous, as Charcot claimed, or first interstitial, as insistedupon by Goldscheider, Redlich, and others. The present weight ofauthority points to invasion by the blood-vessels, interstitial dissemina-tion, and cellular destruction as the natural order of events. Batten *asserts upon rather convincing evidence that the vascular fault is pri-marily thrombotic, and that the lumbar cord is especially aifected, owingto the circulatory disadvantages of the part. Findley, Harbitz, and Scheel,2 in the recent Norwegian epidemic,found a patchy leptomeningitis more evident on the anterior aspect ofthe cord and most severe over the areas of deeper-seated involvement,with gre
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