Transactions . bres(Thomson and Richter). Knapp concludes that recurrentoculo-motor palsy is due to some vascular change, inflammatoryor oedematous, in a focal lesion involving the root of the thirdnerve. As the oedema or exudation subsides, the conductingpower of the nerve is wholly or partially restored, and the pa-ralysis disappears. In some cases the lesion may involve sev-eral nerves, and the exudation may affect only a part of thelesion, involving different nerves at different times. As thelesion progresses, it may finally affect the nerve so far aswholly to destroy its conducting power,
Transactions . bres(Thomson and Richter). Knapp concludes that recurrentoculo-motor palsy is due to some vascular change, inflammatoryor oedematous, in a focal lesion involving the root of the thirdnerve. As the oedema or exudation subsides, the conductingpower of the nerve is wholly or partially restored, and the pa-ralysis disappears. In some cases the lesion may involve sev-eral nerves, and the exudation may affect only a part of thelesion, involving different nerves at different times. As thelesion progresses, it may finally affect the nerve so far aswholly to destroy its conducting power, leading, as in Roosascase, to permanent and total paralysis. The last sentence de-scribes accurately the course of events in the case reportedto-day. Treatment — mercury, iodides, strychnia — was faithfullytried without avail, and Dr. Bochroch, Chief of the Clinic forDiseases of the Nervous System, carefully and skillfully usedelectricity for several months without favorably affecting theparalyzed
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