This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...the opticus undergo so early a degeneration is fully explained by the changes brought about by the special anatomical conditions in the nerve and so constitutes only an apparent point of difference between the two affections. It is true that we have to recognize a certain want of clinical association between these ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...the opticus undergo so early a degeneration is fully explained by the changes brought about by the special anatomical conditions in the nerve and so constitutes only an apparent point of difference between the two affections. It is true that we have to recognize a certain want of clinical association between these growths and false neuromata affecting the other nerves of the body, but this is probably due to the difference in the time of development or in the anatomical structure of the parts, rather than in the underlying process at work. And, morever, the lack of association is not absolute, as stated by Goldmann, for the optic nerve was involved also in Prudden's'49 case of multiple fibromata. Add to this certain points of clinical resemblance between the two forms of tumour and we feel that the changes shew that they are at least intimately related, if indeed they are not identical in character. To go further back to the cause of these tumours we were struck at the outset, as Rohmer65 was, by the close association of the sites of development of the new tissue overgrowth with the lymph clefts of the nerve and on observing evidences of actual stasis in these structures we were prepared for a while to believe that we had here, as in macro-glossia, to deal with a local disturbance of the lymph system, congenial in origin or secondary to trauma or infectious disease. But with a later conception of the wider field of tumours of the optic nerve, it was necessary to be more sceptical of this hypothesis, until, at any rate, our knowledge of the intracranial portions of these growths became more complete. For description of these changes see Case i of this report. The cystlike spaces so commonly noted in connection with these tumors, represent probably only local...
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