. Geriatrics; the diseases of old age and their treatment, including physiological old age, home and institutional care, and medico-legal relations . ous arteries present a beaded appearance, and there areoften spots of miliary aneurysm, hemorrhage and zones of sclerosis are found around the blood-vessels,which press upon the nerves causing them to waste. Thechanges in the nerves are probably similar to the changes inthe cord but these changes come on late and the functionalchanges in the organs usually terminate life before changes inthe nerves are far advanced. In the
. Geriatrics; the diseases of old age and their treatment, including physiological old age, home and institutional care, and medico-legal relations . ous arteries present a beaded appearance, and there areoften spots of miliary aneurysm, hemorrhage and zones of sclerosis are found around the blood-vessels,which press upon the nerves causing them to waste. Thechanges in the nerves are probably similar to the changes inthe cord but these changes come on late and the functionalchanges in the organs usually terminate life before changes inthe nerves are far advanced. In the peripheral nerves parenchy-matous degeneration takes place in the terminals and terminalfibers and proceed toward the center. The senile changes in the eye are sclerosis of the lens andweakening of the muscles of accommodation; in the ear thereis waste of the drum and a change in the auditory nerves; inthe nose there is atrophy of the Schneiderian membrane. Thechanges in the tactile ends are not well known, but it is evi-dent that some change occurs as there are great functionalchanges. Neither is it known what changes occur in the
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