Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 140.—Case of poliomyelitis af- Fig. 141.— Case of poliomyelitis feeting the lower extremities uneqiially ; affecting right face (rare), right arm, foot-drop on both sides. Note the wast- and shoulder,lug of the right leg and thigh. of a segment of it, changes in the cord above the lesion, and in thebrain, are found analogous to those induced by amputations. The anterior roots arising from the injured part of the cord are oftendiminished in volume and may or may not show alteration of is true equally of the mixed nerve-trunks. The exact conditio
Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 140.—Case of poliomyelitis af- Fig. 141.— Case of poliomyelitis feeting the lower extremities uneqiially ; affecting right face (rare), right arm, foot-drop on both sides. Note the wast- and shoulder,lug of the right leg and thigh. of a segment of it, changes in the cord above the lesion, and in thebrain, are found analogous to those induced by amputations. The anterior roots arising from the injured part of the cord are oftendiminished in volume and may or may not show alteration of is true equally of the mixed nerve-trunks. The exact conditiondepends apparently upon the age of the lesion and the complete orDartial disappearance of the peripheral prolongations of the spinal LESIONS AND DISEASES OF SPINAL GRAY. 393 pjTamidal cells that have been injured. In the paralyzed muscles wehave the same changes that are found after division of the ner\^e-trunk,but a few muscular fibers often persist, some of which may even showhypertrophy. The rest of the muscle is fibr
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