. Some points in the surgery of the brain and its membranes . E POINTS IN THE SURGERY distance of time by obscure cerebral symptoms,among which mental disturbance and transitory paralysis are prominent ;in some such instances aconsiderable haemorrhagehas taken place into thearachnoid cavity, the bloodhas become encysted, andlike a blood collection inthe tunica vaginalis, hascontinued to increase insize, causing slow pressureon the brain. I successfully removedsuch a cyst, which mea-sured seven inches in itslong diameter, four and ahalf in its short, and oneand a half in thickness,from a man ag
. Some points in the surgery of the brain and its membranes . E POINTS IN THE SURGERY distance of time by obscure cerebral symptoms,among which mental disturbance and transitory paralysis are prominent ;in some such instances aconsiderable haemorrhagehas taken place into thearachnoid cavity, the bloodhas become encysted, andlike a blood collection inthe tunica vaginalis, hascontinued to increase insize, causing slow pressureon the brain. I successfully removedsuch a cyst, which mea-sured seven inches in itslong diameter, four and ahalf in its short, and oneand a half in thickness,from a man aged thirty-four years, a patient ofDr. James Taylor, who had^?r?T^°.i^1 T-°^^ narrowly escaped being: [C/ielonia Mydas) showing capa- J L O cious lymphatic sheath surround- pnnc;io-nprl fo 3 ^UU^Ur ing the artery.—( Museum, COUblgnCQ lO a lUUdllC Pkvsiolozkal Series, No. SS? c.) i i i • -i , ^ ^ asylum, where he might possibly have been labelled general paralysis *and died without relief (Figs. 12 and 13). The following two cases of operation for. OF THE CEREBRAL MEMBRANES 21 subdural hasmorrhage I have not previouslypublished :— C. K., female, aged twenty-six years. AdmittedDecember 21, 1904, into the National Hospital underDr. Ferrier. History (obtained from husband).—No neurosesin family. Married eighteen months. Now five
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