Illustrations of the gross morbid anatomy of the brain in the insane

Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.)

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 - 3 pages

Contents

• Letters of transmittal: 2
• Dissection of the basal arteries in arteriosclerosis: 6
• Dissection of the cerebral arteries in arteriosclerosis: 8
• The arteries at the base of the brain in advanced calcareous arteriosclerosis: 10
• A dissection of the sclerotic arteries of the mesial surface and the insula etc: 12
• Dissection of the cerebral arteries showing an anomalous circle of Willis etc: 14
• Aneurisms of the basal arteries and an anomalous anterior choroid artery of the left side: 16
• The base of the brain showing arteriosclerosis and anomalous arteries: 18
• The base of a brain showing arteriosclerosis: 20
• The base of the brain showing arteriosclerosis of the small vessel type: 22
• The base of a brain showing arteriosclerosis: 24
• Dissection showing the distribution of the anterior cerebral arteries and the distribution of a large median anterior cerebral artery: 26
• Arteriosclerotic cerebral softenings: 28
• A large arteriosclerotic softening of the left hemisphere: 30
• Left half of brain with multiple cortical softenings due to arteriosclerosis: 32
• The base of the brain showing arteriosclerosis of the basal vessels and softening from obstruc tion of the right posterior cerebral artery: 34
• A horizontal section of a brain showing central softenings from arteriosclerosis: 36
• A horizontal section of a brain showing central arteriosclerotic softenings: 38
• A horizontal section of a brain showing syphilitic softenings of the interior and the cortex: 40
• Horizontal section of a brain showing cicatricial central softenings: 42
• The superior aspect of the brain in a case of thrombotic softening affecting the whole left hemi sphere: 44
• Arteriosclerotic softenings of cerebrum: 46
• Hemorrhages: 48
• A horizontal section of a brain showing hemorrhage in the right basal ganglia: 50
• Cerebral hemorrhage destroying the right internal capsule and the nucleus lentiformis: 52
• Horizontal section of a brain which had been the seat of a hemorrhage: 54
• Horizontal section of a brain showing the effects of a former hemorrhage: 56
• Atrophy of the brain: 58
• The superior surface of a brain from a case of senile dementia with numerous cortical soften ings due to arteriosclerosis: 60
• Extreme atrophy of frontal regions of the brain: 62
• The superior surface of the cerebrum showing atrophy the fissures are artificially separated: 64
• The superior surface of a brain in chronic dementia with cerebral atrophy: 66
• The superior aspect of the brain in a case of chronic dementia with atrophy: 68
• Mesial surface of the right hemiencephalon in chronic melancholia: 70
• Superior surface of the brain showing arteriosclerotic devastations of the cortex: 72
• A dissection showing the basal arteries and the atrophy of the brain in the region of the insulæ: 74
• Horizontal section of a brain from a case of senile dementia: 76
• A horizontal section of a brain of syphilitic dementia: 78
• Brain of a case of senile dementia in a patient aged 99 years: 80
• Lateral surface of the left hemiencephalon in a case of chronic melancholia: 82
• The superior surface of the brain in chronic mania: 84
• Meningoencephalitis Paresis: 86
• The left hemisphere in a case of paresis with flaking of the cortex: 88
• The right hemiencephalon in a case of paresis: 90
• Brain showing chronic internal hydrocephalus: 92
• Chronic acquired internal hydrocephalus: 94
• Chronic acquired internal hydrocephalus: 96
• A case of chronic acquired circumscribed internal hydrocephalus: 98
• Transverse section of the brain showing chronic internal hydrocephalus probably congenital: 100
• Horizontal section of a brain from a case of senile dementia with ventricular dilatation: 102
• A case of chronic congenital internal hydrocephalus: 104
• A case of chronic congenital internal hydrocephalus Interior of basal portion: 106
• A case of chronic congenital internal hydrocephalus Interior of upper portion: 108
• Meningeal conditions: 110
• The inferior surface of a brain showing leptomeningitis: 112
• A brain showing chronic meningeal thickening and atrophy consequent upon bullet wound of the head: 114
• The right hemiencephalon from a case of acute mania: 116
• The superior aspect of the brain in a case of extreme meningeal hyperæmia with chronic ædema: 118
• The superior aspect of a brain from a case of extreme atrophy in the terminal dementia of mel ancholia: 120
• Superior surface of the brain showing engorgement of the pial veins: 122
• View of the brain in a case of meningoencephalitis of childhood with arrest of development of the brain Photographed with a brain of normal size an...: 124
• Views of the brain in a case of meningoencephalitis of childhood with arrest of development of the brain: 126
• Cerebral compressions: 128
• The superior aspect of a brain showing compression of the left hemisphere by a hæmatoma of the dura: 130
• Right hemisphere of a case of atrophic sclerosis in epilepsy: 132
• The superior surface of a brain with localized sclerosis of the left frontal lobe: 134
• A case of sclerosis of a portion of the right hemisphere in epilepsy: 136
• Sclerosis of a portion of the right hemisphere in epilepsy: 138
• Mesial view of the left hemisphere showing absence of the septum pellucidum: 140
• Horizontal section of a brain without a septum pellucidum: 142
• Horizontal section of a brain made on a level with the junction of the fornix with the callosum: 144
• Horizontal section of a brain from a case of dementia præcox: 146
• Intracranial and brain tumors: 148
• Plate showing a tumor of the dura penetrating the brain: 150
• Mesial surface of the left hemiencephalon showing cavity left in the brain after enucleation of the tumor of the dura shown on Plate LXXIII: 152
• Tumor of the dura penetrating the brain: 154

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Illustrations of the gross morbid anatomy of the brain in the insane
• Author: Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908
• Length: 3 pages