Nervous origin of diseaese

1 i I iilliit!l!li!j!l|l!l|!!!lj pipiiiiijiiiititiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiii ml;: , '} Illlllllllllllillll illnlniililllii IIIHuIiiiiimii It 1 II II 1111 II NEUROPATHOLOGY; OK, THE NERVOUS ORIGIN OF DISEASE BY JOHN G^ODMiN, of Physicians, Licentiate of the Boyal College College of Surgeons Author" of the " ; M.D., London; Member and Licentiate of Apothecary's Successful Caesarian Operation of 1845 " ; » of the Hall, &c Identity of the Magnetism, Existences or Forces, Light, Heat, Electricity, and Gravitation, Sec ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL LONDON HOULSTON AND STONEMAN^ PATERNOSTER RO MANCHESTER : J AINSWORTII, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER, Royal 93, PICCADILLY MEDICAL PROFESSION, THIS WOEK, ON THE nem'ous origin IS of disease, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF POISONS 100 with sterorous breathing, sets most immediately, and death usually in a few hours." 259 "In in al- follows, habitual drunkards, a head, face, and neck, were very red, and he was in a profuse perspiration Half-an-hour afterwards, bowas found perfectly insensible, strongly convulsed, and the skin cold He died in Nervous affection, at preknown under the name of about particular sent " delirium tremens," sed, which may, often witneswith propriety, be is noticed here Delirium, characterised by constant incoherent talking, is its leading symptom, and mois of the is accompanied by tre- particularly the limbs, upper extremities In fatal cases, coma, as in the preceding instance, precedes and ushers in death 360 "With regard to the Physiological operation of Alcohol," Dr Apjohn states, " that it is generally conceived to enter the circulation, and through this medium to exert its poisonous thirty hours, In examination of the body of those who have died — from the effects of this poison the stomach has been fouud inflamed, the mucous membrane being in some cases of a bright red, and in others of a dark red, or brownish colour, attended, frequently, with unusual vascularity But it is in which the prin- lesions into the substance of the brain produ- cing genuine sanguineus apoplexy " delirium tremens " proves serous effusion is found in the When on Hit Nervous system.' " Whenj however, death occurs, as it often has, within a few minutes, it is difficult to admit that absorption could have taken place, and we are compelto refer led, with Addison and Morgan, imNervous to influence its noxious sympathy." cerebral pression and The most rapid case on record, given by Mr Taylor, Lecturer, of Guy's Hospital, in his " Manual of Medical Jurisprudence," was that of a man influence head in the These are are found venous congestion, serous effusion into the ventricles, and between the membranes, and extravasation of blood cipal fatal, in some rare instances, coagulable lymph are attached to the membranes, &c 2Gl.The Physiological and Chemical brain, and flakes of action of this poison, is set forth by the labours of the illustrious Professor Liebig, as follows, (Organic Chemis" According to all the try, p 229), observations hitherto made, neither the expired air, nor the perspiration, nor the urine, contain any trace of Alcowho drank a bottle of gin for a wager, [...]... transformation of a given amount of they do not possess elements, and for the expenditure of the position ORIGIN OF VITAL FORCE Liebig has shown that animal heat is derived from the absorption of oxygen and the consequent combustion and change of matter and that, therefore, a rapid absorption of oxygen and change of matter produce the greatest 5 ' ; amount of heat.' The term change of matter, is applied... Hygiene 65 In all instances of nerve affection, there appears to be a vast distinction generally between the phenomena of morbid condition of surface, and that of a centre or trunk of the nervous system between affections of the diffuse expanse of nervous tissue interwoven with tyie lamina of mucous or serous membrane or skin, and those which occupy the head quarters or interior of the very centres themselves... causes of exhaustion of nerve force, we may remark that grief, joy, the passions, mental excitement of any kind, intense thought and study, starvation, loss of rest and sleep, heavy discharges, etc., deprive the mechanical powers of much of their wonted energy, the stomach of its digestive power, and nutrition of its claims Of the special causes in the present day, not a little may be said of the care,... system for years of an amount of nervous energy which can only be atoned for by a long period of dragging existence, or, as frequently occurs, by the alone extinc- | ; tion of this state of of the tomb mind in the stilhn 35 Exhaustion of nervous energy is accompanied by tremblings, diminished or totally extinct secretions and dry membranes, or there may be pain, faintings, dimness of sight, tinnitus... affection of any important viscus or at the occurrence of sympathetic pains, and affections—in parts at a considerable distance from the suffering organ direct, These often will be found to be the landmarks which by experience, the eye of the Medical adviser to the original seat of 4 the Disease It is hoped that the attention of be drawn to the specially Nervous nature of diseases—signs which as given by of. .. nervous origin, but none more manifestly than the following Professor Robinson, of Edinburgh, re: a negro who happened hand with a piece of broken plate, and died of tetanus (lock jaw) in a quarter of an hour Who could doubt that death was thus rapidly lates the case of to scratch his ! induced through the medium of the nervous system ? 77 It has been shown, by various physiologists, that the nervous. .. frequent flushes of heat, cold extremities, loss of consciousness, delirium, or other symptoms, commonly denominated nervous. ' 36 The extreme prostration of the vital powers is effected momentarily as by a flash of lightning— in all cases of terrific injury, by the instantaneous crushing of a whole limb, severe lacerations by machinery, amputation by the wheels of a railway train (as in the case of the lamented... cases ' — of cholera, and even by intense impressions suddenly made upon the mind, etc From many of these, nature sinks no more I i to rise The existing amount of nervous energy becomes, therefore, a subject of serious and diligent inquiry by the 37 Numbers of cases summer and autumnal typhus may medical practitioner of j | , j NERVE FORCE bo attributed to its deficiency expenditure of nervous force... sipatio?i of this nerve force itself, after it and afterwards at the bedside of the in- has performed the various functions of valid as to attribute the healing of a the body, which, by its convertibility sore, or the removal of a malady, to the into radiant heat, so admirably sustains powers and virtues of the medicine pre- the constantly exhausting temperature scribed or, in the hurry of professional of. .. health of the frame NERVE INFLUENCE UPON THE CIRCULATION 45 trol That the nerves have special con- over arterial body, the functions of the heart, and capillary straetures of the may be seen, in that the shame causes the cheek emotion of to blush, while the emotion of fear, pain, terror, etc., it The effect of the emotions and passions, and of all violent exertions of the body on the heart, is a matter of ... NEUROPATHOLOGY; OK, THE NERVOUS ORIGIN OF DISEASE BY JOHN G^ODMiN, of Physicians, Licentiate of the Boyal College College of Surgeons Author" of the " ; M.D., London; Member and Licentiate of Apothecary's... the Profession to any of these considerations, or of instigating the labourers in Medical Science to a deeper investigation of the Laws, Nature, and occult mysteries of Nervous labours of the... for years of an amount of nervous energy which can only be atoned for by a long period of dragging existence, or, as frequently occurs, by the alone extinc- | ; tion of this state of of the tomb