Tumors of the cerebellum / by Charles K. Mills [and others].

  • Mills, Charles K. (Charles Karsner), 1845-1931.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Tumors of the cerebellum / by Charles K. Mills [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUMORS OF THE CEREBELLUM AND THE CEREBEL- LOPONTILE ANGLE, ESPE- CIALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR SURGICAL REMOVAL. By CHARLES K MILLS, M. D., PHILADELPHIA, PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; NEUROLOGIST TO THE PHILADELPHIA GENERAL HOSPITAL. In time it is probable that as regards tumors of the cerebrum, especially those located on its lateral aspect anywhere from the cephalic tip to the occipital pole, success both in diagnosis and in operative treatment will reach from twenty- five to fifty per cent. By success is meant the exact localization and removal of tumors, the operation from the surgical point of view being entirely successful, and partially so from the point of view of the removal of the disease. Supposing that fifty per cent, of such cases are reached, ten to fifteen per cent, will not recur, or at least not in periods varying from three to ten years. In the remainder the painful and distressing general symptoms of brain tumor will be removed for a