Diseases of the spinal cord.

  • Bramwell, Byrom, Sir, 1847-1931.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Diseases of the spinal cord. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    disturbances in the skin (herpetic eruptions, etc.) are also sometimes seen. These symptoms slowly increase, and the second stage is reached; it is characterised by anaesthesia, paralysis, and atrophy in the sensitive and muscular areas of the compressed nerve roots; the Faradic excitability of the affected muscles is slowly abolished, and characteristic contractures and de- formities occur. When the lesion involves the nerve roots arising from the lower end of the cervical enlargement, the muscles supplied by the ulnar and median nerves are chiefly affected, and the hand assumes the position shown in fig. 148. When the lesion is situated higher up, the muscles sup- plied by the musculo-spinal nerve are chiefly paralysed, and the hand assumes the position shown in fig. 149; this was the Fig. 148. The position of the hand in Pachymeningitis Cervicalis Hypertrophica, affecting the lower part of the cervical enlargement. {After Charcot.)