Intracranial tumours / by Byrom Bramwell.

  • Bramwell, Byrom, Sir, 1847-1931.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Intracranial tumours / by Byrom Bramwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    In Figs. 5 and 6, the swollen condition of the hemisphere in which the tumour is situated is well shown. fWmi I fcl^ —' If 1^ c ft' £ Fig. 6.—Transverse vertical section through the brain, showing a large glio-sarcomatous tumour in the left hemisphere, which is markedly larger than the right. The letter A points to the nucleus caudatus ; B, to the optic thalamus ; and C, to the lenticular nucleus of the right side. The letter D points to the left or internal capsule, which was com- pressed, and to some extent invaded by the new growth ; the letter E points to the tumour. (3.) Cerebral symptoms in cases of intracranial tumour may be due to associated meningitis, haemorrhage into the substance of the tumour and surrounding nerve tissue, or other accidental complications. (4.) The presence or absence of constitutional disturbance, and the nature of the general constitutional symptoms, depend partly upon the character, duration, and severity of the nervous symptoms (pain, sleeplessness, vomiting, dysphagia, &c.); partly upon the pathological nature of the new growth; but are chiefly due, more especially in the earlier stages of the case, to associated lesions and to the condition of the abdominal and thoracic viscera. B