. Journal - American Medical Association . thecranium, and the whole momentum of the blowwill be transmitted directly from the skull to theencephalon. Furthermore, we have called attention to thefact that the spinal canal is everywhere cushionedwith areolar and adipose tissue, and likewise thatthe space intervening between this bony wall andthe spinal cord is filled with spinal fluid. Theencephalon, on the contrary, possesses no suchprotection against concussive force. In this casethe membranes of the brain are placed in imme-diate contact with the bony walls of the cranium,without the interve
. Journal - American Medical Association . thecranium, and the whole momentum of the blowwill be transmitted directly from the skull to theencephalon. Furthermore, we have called attention to thefact that the spinal canal is everywhere cushionedwith areolar and adipose tissue, and likewise thatthe space intervening between this bony wall andthe spinal cord is filled with spinal fluid. Theencephalon, on the contrary, possesses no suchprotection against concussive force. In this casethe membranes of the brain are placed in imme-diate contact with the bony walls of the cranium,without the intervention of soft tissue cushionsor the presence of a water bed. The followingcut presents a view of a portion of the encepha-lon, and likewise the entire spinal cord in its • Diseases of the Spinal Cord, p. 14 et sei]., 2d edition, 1890.] CONCUSSION OF THE SFINAL CORD. 861 relation to the spinal nerve roots and some of the I There were twenty of these forty-six cases inother surrounding parts. ] which the post mortem examination distinctly. I^ftP!.
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