Diseases of the nervous system .. . ^ Fig. 192. These nerve tracts may remain unaffected after a complete transverse lesionextending the entire length of the vertebral canal if the affected roots havealready emerged from the vertebral canal (when the lesion is below the thirdlumbar vertebra). In the prognosis of disease of the lower portions of the spinal cord andof the Cauda equina we must always consider the severity of the damage. An 740 PARALYSES OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES injury or disease of the cord is usually serious, although this is not invariablythe case, for there are instance
Diseases of the nervous system .. . ^ Fig. 192. These nerve tracts may remain unaffected after a complete transverse lesionextending the entire length of the vertebral canal if the affected roots havealready emerged from the vertebral canal (when the lesion is below the thirdlumbar vertebra). In the prognosis of disease of the lower portions of the spinal cord andof the Cauda equina we must always consider the severity of the damage. An 740 PARALYSES OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES injury or disease of the cord is usually serious, although this is not invariablythe case, for there are instances reported in literature which show that lesionsof the Cauda more often terminate seriously than those of the conus, althoughthe latter are generally regarded as more dangerous. In not a few cases thelocal paralysis in certain areas of the lower extremities may in the course ofweeks gradually disappear so that merely paralysis of the bladder and rectumand a disturbance of the sexual function remain. If the disease is due to
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