This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...the change in the nerve-fibres and ganglion cells are secondary, and the result of simple compression. The insidious development and slow progress of this disease argues strongly against the lesion being inflammatory m the generally-accepted sense of acute vascular changes, with an exudation of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...the change in the nerve-fibres and ganglion cells are secondary, and the result of simple compression. The insidious development and slow progress of this disease argues strongly against the lesion being inflammatory m the generally-accepted sense of acute vascular changes, with an exudation of the liquor sanguinis, and a migration of the blood-corpuscles. Etiology.--This disease may be congenital or acquired. If acquired, it may follow traumatisms of the spine, exposure to cold or dampness, sexual excesses, syphilis, and some, acute blood-diseases. When congenital, it is commonly associated with a syphilitic diathesis, although not necessarily dependent upon it. The question whether syphilis can or can not be included among the etiological factors of this disease is still an open one. There can be no question regarding the statement that this disease is often encountered in patients who give a positive history of syphilitic infection; but this fact docs not in itself prove that the ataxia is a result of the acquired syphilis. The coexistence of the two conditions may be a mere coincidence. Those who combat the idea that a syphilitic origin of ataxia is ever present, advance the following grounds for their belief: (1) that the records from which statistics that support the opposing view are drawn are very unreliable and often worthless; (2) that the statistics of ataxia published by different compilers show a percentage of previous syphilis that fluctuates between 4 per cent, and 90 per cent, of the collected cases (extremes which cannot be reconciled); (3) that syphilitic lesions of nerve-centres do not tend to follow definite nerve-tracts (systematiclesions), and that the opposing view is in opposition to all established pathological...
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*Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Aug. 5 (weekend SALE ITEM)* 778 pp. publisher's catalogue, blue cloth (hardcover), ex library, hinges and binding weak, else text clean. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.