On vertigo or dizziness : its causes, importance as a symptom, and treatment : thesis for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by J.B. Bradbury.

  • Bradbury, J. B. (John Buckley), 1841-1930.
Date:
1870
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Credit: On vertigo or dizziness : its causes, importance as a symptom, and treatment : thesis for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by J.B. Bradbury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7. Morbus Cordis. 8. Dyspepsia and Intestinal flatulence. 9. Embolism of Cerebral arteries and Atheroma of arteries of the brain. 10. Certain affections of the Ear. 11. Epilepsy [petit mal). 12. Adventitious products in the brain. It is also frequently produced by excessive smoking and drinking, masturbation, certain affections of the vaso- motor nerves, &c., &c. Most of the exanthemata are ushered in by Vertigo, also cerebro-spinal meningitis, influenza, &c., &c. During the unusually hot summer of 1868 three cases of sun-stroke were admitted under my care in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in all of which cases giddiness was a very pro- minent symptom. In the Medical Journals of the same period several other cases are recorded of patients, who, after being exposed to the heat of the sun, were seized with Vertigo, pain in the head, faintness, &c. These symptoms were probably due to congestion of the brain, and disturbance of its circulation, caused by the solar rays falling on the heads of the patients ; for in two of my cases rapid improvement followed the application of. cold to the head and sinapisms to the nape of the neck and calves of the legs; at the same time the heads of the patients were kept well raised, and support in the form of beef-tea, &c., was also administered. In Anaemia (or as it is more properly termed Spanae- mia) not only is the mass of blood in the body generally diminished in some cases, but there is also a deficiency of red corpuscles in the blood, which renders this fluid unfit to stimulate the brain. The blood-vessels contract in pro- portion to the diminution of the blood-mass, and con- 2