Transactions of the Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases of the American Medical Association, Volume 1910American Medical Association Press, 1910 - Mental illness |
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acute ailment amyotonia congenita anterior horns appeared arterial arthrodesis ataxia atrophy attacks autopsy Babinski bilateral brain tumor cause cerebello-pontine angle cerebellum cerebral Chicago choked disk clinical condition congested corpora quadrigemina cranial cyst decompression defect degeneration developed diagnosis disc dose drug drunkard edema examination extremities fluid frontal lobe gait ganglion cells gray matter hand headache hemiplegia hemorrhages horns hospital hypesthesia inebriates inebriety infiltration insane institutions internists involvement left side lesion lumbar lumbar puncture massage meningitis ment months morphin motor movements muscles muscular nerve neurasthenia neurologic neurologist normal nystagmus occur operation Oppenheim optic pain paralysis patellar patellar reflexes pathologic patient peristalsis physician Pittsburg poliomyelitis pons practically present quadrigemina read a paper reflexes region reported result right leg right side sanitarium Section sensation showed signs slight spastic spinal cord staggering strychnin surgical symptoms syphilis tendon Theodore Diller tion tissue treatment vertigo vomiting walk weakness
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Page 1 - He had also served as chairman of the section on nervous and mental diseases of the American Medical Association. Among Dr. Bassoe's latest writings was his comprehensive survey, "The Psychiatric Facilities of Chicago and Surroundings...
Page 41 - A new hospital colony for male inebriates, to receive (a) patients who come voluntarily; (b) cases committed by judges and magistrates; (c) young habitual drunkards placed on probation by the courts on condition that they spend their probation period at the hospital; (d) suitable cases transferred on parole from the detention colony. 2. A detention colony for incurable non-criminal inebriates, to receive (a) incurable cases committed by the courts; b) confirmed drunkards on indeterminate sentence.
Page 191 - In the cord the medulla and cervical and lumbar swellings are particularly affected. "4. The characteristic lesion consists of collections of cells in the perivascular and pial lymph channels and tissue spaces of the anterior horns of these cells. The polymorphonuclear leucocytes appear early and are relatively few in number. They are soon displaced by endothelial cells arising from proliferation of the lining endothelium and lymphocytes coming from the blood and lymph streams. "5. Edema of the interstitial...
Page 174 - ... as follows: (1) Anterior poliomyelitis is the result of a primary inflammatory disease of the blood vessels of the cord, which may be thrombotic or embolic. (2) The destruction of the ganglion cells is secondary, and depends in part upon the deficient blood supply of the diseased area and in part upon pressure and toxins. (3) The pathological changes occurring in poliomyelitis of children and...
Page 81 - JULIUS GRINKER, MD Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Chicago Postgraduate Medical School : Assistant Professor...
Page 36 - ... involution it is generally the effort of an individual to maintain his productive powers by recourse to artificial stimulation. The declaration of inebriety at these periods suggests an analogy to the psycho-neuroses. (d) Inebriety being an expression of neuropathy or psychopathy, may be preceded by or accompanied by a multiform nervous syndrome. Thus each case is essentially different.
Page 174 - Hock23 studied the tissues from an acute case, the patient dying thirteen weeks after the onset. He summarizes his conclusions as follows : 1. Anterior poliomyelitis is the result of a primary inflammatory disease of the blood-vessels of the cord, which may be thrombotic or embolic. 2. The destruction of the ganglion cells is secondary and depends in part on the deficient blood supply of the diseased area and in part on pressure and toxins. 3. The inadequate collateral circulation within the anterior...
Page 191 - In the cord the infectious agent is located in the perivascular lymph-channels of the anterior portions, especially invading the gray matter, but extending to the white matter and pia and occasionally the posterior horns. The brain stem and basal ganglia may be involved. In the cord the medulla and cervical and lumbar swellings are particularly affected.
Page 149 - The existence of tone-deafness as an isolated and inherent defect is probably far from rare." There are persons who are incapable of discriminating between the two notes of an octave and who notwithstanding the most frequent opportunities of hearing music remain quite incapable of distinguishing one tune from another. Variations in the kinaesthetic center or its commissures would account for the inability of some individuals to "carry a tune.
Page 84 - The brother having charge of the case successively engaged three surgeons, who performed a number operations within a period of about two months. The first surgeon trephined over the left cerebellum; but, on discovering the presence of pulsation and no tumor, he replaced the bone and closed the wound. One week later the same surgeon attempted a ventricular tapping, but found no fluid. About two weeks later another surgeon was consulted, who also trephined over the left cerebellum.