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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    ported results of lesions of the cerebellum experi- mentally produced and the effects of tumors re- sides in the fact that the former immediately and for a long time are irritative phenomena, while the latter, owing to their usually slow growth, produce their effect by inhibition, pressure, and destruction. The asthenia, atonia, and astasia which Luciani so strongly emphasizes as the chief effects of destructive lesions of the cerebellum experiment- ally produced are well illustrated by clinical facts. The case of cerebellar tumor is asthenic, although not paralyzed, is atonic or flaccid rather than spastic, and is astatic or incoordinate. The ex- tent and position of his asthenia, atonia, and astasia depend upon the extent and location of the lesion. While clonic spasm is an infrequent local symp- tom of cerebellar tumor, it is occasionally ob- served. In a case recorded by Spiller, which was seen by the writer in consultation, the patient had at times fine twitching movements of the right extremities, although at times the move- ments were on both sides of the body. Tremor, especially of the head and upper ex- tremities, has been recorded as one of the results of physiological experiment on the cerebellum. It occurs in a large percentage of the cases of