Rheumatism, gout and neuralgia, as affecting the head and ear : with remarks on some forms of headache, in connextion with deafness / by William Harvey.

  • Harvey, William, 1806-1876.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Rheumatism, gout and neuralgia, as affecting the head and ear : with remarks on some forms of headache, in connextion with deafness / by William Harvey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    made, and the bone found to be largely exposed. The disease, however, continued to make progress, and the poor woman died, the intellect being pre- served to the last, excepting occasional attacks of delirium at night during the last fortnight of her life. The post-mortem appearances were peculiarly interesting: these we shall give in Dr. Russell's own words, as they mark an amount of disease not often met with. The head alone was examined. On the right side, the integuments and external ear were sepa- rated from the bone as far backwards as the mastoid process, and below to the further part of the base of the skull; the inner surface of the interspace was in a state of slough, and emitted a most fetid stench. We found the entire squamous portion of the temporal bone, except a small piece of its upper part, entirely destroyed, and with it a part of the mastoid portion, laying open the mastoid cells; a large irregular opening was thus formed through the side of the skull. The petrous portion of the temporal bone was also destroyed, leaving only a few broken-down fragments, and a mere shell at- tached to the basilar process, at the base of the skull; an extensive sloughy cavity was thus formed, extending almost to the vertebras, enclosed by the remains of- soft parts, and covered with flabby, un- healthy granulations. The dura mater adhered to the bone nearly to