Trephining in Its Ancient and Modern AspectsBale, 1894 - 133 páginas |
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... In all fractures which are not complicated by any phenomena of compression or of paralysis , & c . ( 4 ) In cases of cerebral commotion or coma . ( 5 ) In epileptiform transitory convulsions . ( 6 48 The Modern Application of the Trephine .
... In all fractures which are not complicated by any phenomena of compression or of paralysis , & c . ( 4 ) In cases of cerebral commotion or coma . ( 5 ) In epileptiform transitory convulsions . ( 6 48 The Modern Application of the Trephine .
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... attracted by the remarkable works of Hitzig and Ferrier on cerebral locali- sation . They proved , by their investigations , that there exist certain zones on the surface of the brain , 4 The Modern Application of the Trephine . 49.
... attracted by the remarkable works of Hitzig and Ferrier on cerebral locali- sation . They proved , by their investigations , that there exist certain zones on the surface of the brain , 4 The Modern Application of the Trephine . 49.
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... cerebral localisation as not being sufficiently established yet , and who do not feel themselves justified in diagnosing a cerebral lesion from a functional symptom , have re- mained , as it were , stationary . M. Gosselin and the ...
... cerebral localisation as not being sufficiently established yet , and who do not feel themselves justified in diagnosing a cerebral lesion from a functional symptom , have re- mained , as it were , stationary . M. Gosselin and the ...
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... cerebral localisations , and that even preven- tive trephining is admissible . The operation is indicated in cases where it is necessary to raise up or remove fragments of bone which irritate the brain , to remove a foreign body , or to ...
... cerebral localisations , and that even preven- tive trephining is admissible . The operation is indicated in cases where it is necessary to raise up or remove fragments of bone which irritate the brain , to remove a foreign body , or to ...
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... 78 ; respirations 16 . 26th . - Slept well ; wound looks healthy , a slight sanious discharge ; cerebral pulsations distinctly visible , also a small quantity of brain tissue at base of wound ; The Modern Application of the Trephine . 61.
... 78 ; respirations 16 . 26th . - Slept well ; wound looks healthy , a slight sanious discharge ; cerebral pulsations distinctly visible , also a small quantity of brain tissue at base of wound ; The Modern Application of the Trephine . 61.
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abscess amulets antiseptic aphasia applied artery blood bone forceps brain Broca cause cent centres cerebral cicatrix compound fracture convolutions convulsions cord cortex cranium cured death denuded depressed bone depressed fracture diagnosis dilated disease dressed dura dura-mater edges elevator epilepsy extravasation fatal favour fissure of Rolando followed foreign bodies fragments of bone frontal frontal bone functions hæmorrhage head healed hemiplegia Hospital incision indicated inflammation inner table instrument intra-cranial irritation laceration lesion lint localisation London Medical membranes middle meningeal artery millimetres motor occipital lobe oil of roses opening operation paralysis parietal parietal bone patient performed pericranium pieces of bone portion of bone posterior Pott practice present pressure Prunières pulse pupils recovered recovery relief removed result says scalp sindon skull slight spine splintering success suppuration surface surgeon surgery surgical symptoms of compression temperature terebra tion traumatic epilepsy treatment trepan trephined skulls trephining tumour wound
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Página 125 - The rapid recovery which so frequently occurs in cases of aphasia, especially of the kind due to embolic plugging of the nutrient arteries of the left centres, is not so much to be regarded as an indication of the education of the right centres, but rather of the re-establishment of the circulation and nutrition in parts only temporarily rendered functionless.
Página 130 - Hey's saw or bone-forceps where practicable, so as to give exit to pus, or remove a source of otherwise fatal irritation ; but it seems to me that the important and yet undecided question is, Are we to use these means at first, without waiting for the development of symptoms, in order to prevent their occurrence...
Página 76 - The bifurcation of the fissure of Sylvius corresponds to a point one inch and a quarter behind and a quarter of an inch above the level of the external angular process of the frontal bone.
Página 103 - ... the structural damage and the cerebral symptoms present — considerations which the distinguished author of the work himself fully recognizes — it would be unsafe to speak with confidence on the subject, and especially where the weight of English, French and German military surgical authorities is directly antagonistic. I am inclined to believe that the truth lies somewhere between these two extremes, and that while the European practice has been too restricted, the American may have been...
Página 102 - Crimea ; when the operation of trephining can only be an additional complication to the original injury, without any probable advantage. Where irregular edges, points, or pieces of bone are forced down and penetrate — not merely press upon — the cerebral substance, or where abscess manifestly exists in any known site, or a foreign substance has lodged near the surface, and relief cannot be afforded by the wound, trephining may be resorted to for the purpose; but the application of the operation,...
Página 56 - Some of these fits lasted as much as six hours, during which the patient retained his consciousness. This patient was affected with an ulceration which lasted over a period of between eight and nine years, and which had extended over the skin of the whole right arm, from the shoulder to the wrist. The application of the trephine in this case was made over the right temporal bone; the portion of the internal table removed was slightly roughened, but not nearly so much as in the preceeding case.
Página 66 - There were two formidable barriers to the advance of surgery in this region : — First, the fact that the majority of intra-cranial operations were attended by inflammatory action, which so often proved fatal as to cause surgeons to shun active interference ; and, secondly, the brain was a dark continent in which they could descry neither path nor guide capable of leading them to a particular diseased area, and, did they attempt to reach it, it could only be by groping in the dark.