Otitic cerebellar abscess / by Heinrich Neumann ; translated by Richard Lake.

Date:
1909
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Credit: Otitic cerebellar abscess / by Heinrich Neumann ; translated by Richard Lake. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    left jugularis and sinus. Abscesses in cerebellum, a lentil- shaped sinister one in the nucleus, and a perforating one in the ventricle. Extensive cholesteatoma in left attic. Fistula in cranial cavity on sigmoid sulcus. Malleus, incus, and stapes, not examined. iog. ROpke (M. M. IV., 1900). Girl aged 14. Chronic Left Otitis Media. — Vertigo; vomiting; spasms; attacks of faintness; psychical change. Tem- perature 40°. Stiffness of neck. Delirium. Left facial paralysis. Post-operation.—Rigor; vomiting. Temperature 39’9°. Stiffness of neck; tremors of extremities of affected side. Vertebral column susceptible to pressure. Paralysis of bladder. Death. Radical Operation.—Granulations and stinking pus in antrum. Promontorium destroyed and replaced by granu- lations ; on pressure of the latter pus escaped from the labyrinth. The granulations and the necrotic cochlea were scraped out with a sharp spoon. Loose tamponage. A month later the labyrinth was again scraped out. No post-mortem. no. Rubzow (Medizinskoje Obosrenije, 1901). Case of cerebellar abscess. in. Schmiegelow {Arch. Intern., 1905). Woman aged 27. Chronic Left Otorrhcea.—Sudden acute symptoms of retention of pus. Pulse 70. Temperature 37'8°. Apathy; left papillitis. Paralysis of respiration at commencement of chloroform narcosis.