Macnish, Robert, 1802-1837 · Glasgow, John Symington & Co.; Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd; London, Whittaker & Co. · leaf 187
e. 180 MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS. Hoio happens it that in extensive dropsy of the brain, theintellectual powers are not always destroyed? When hydrocephalus (or water in the head) occurs beforethe process of cranial ossification is perfected, or even at alater period, the bones yield to the action of… … Illustration of Hydrocephalus. say that in some such cases the intellect is not weakened, butthis is a mistake. Destroyed it may not be, but impaired italways is, more or less. A hydrocephalic brain may exhibittolerable aptitude where a very moderate demand is made MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS. 181 upon…
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