A treatise on the principles and practice of medicine . d. Under moderate pressure the gas is givenoff to the lungs, while in extreme instances it is given off to the tissues(air embolism). Prognosis. — A few subjects die at once; 3-16 per cent, die fromcystitis, as in myelitis; about 50 per cent, recover completely and thebalance partially, with spastic paresis. Treatment.—The return to normal atmospheric pressure should bemade gradually; recompression is successfully employed. Ergot andstrvchnine are recommended. BROWN-SEQUARDS PARALYSIS 835 V. Brown-Sequards Paralysis.—According to Brown-Se
A treatise on the principles and practice of medicine . d. Under moderate pressure the gas is givenoff to the lungs, while in extreme instances it is given off to the tissues(air embolism). Prognosis. — A few subjects die at once; 3-16 per cent, die fromcystitis, as in myelitis; about 50 per cent, recover completely and thebalance partially, with spastic paresis. Treatment.—The return to normal atmospheric pressure should bemade gradually; recompression is successfully employed. Ergot andstrvchnine are recommended. BROWN-SEQUARDS PARALYSIS 835 V. Brown-Sequards Paralysis.—According to Brown-Sequards orig-inal statement (1850), on the side of section (cervical cord) there occur(a) paralysis of voluntary motion, muscle sensibility and vasomotortonus; (b) hyperesthesia of trunk and limbs, to touch, pain, heat andcold; (c) vasomotor paralysis of face and eyes (higher temperature,narrow pupils and contracture of certain facial muscles). On the contra-lateral side there is anesthesia of all varieties of sensation, except Fig. 72.—Brown-Sequards par-alysis from a left-sided focus: a, vaso-motor and motor paralysis; b and d,cutaneous anesthesia; c, hyperesthe-tic zone. (Erb.)
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