Introductory Remarks....................................................................... 471
Injuries (Direct and Indirect).............................................................. 473
1. Pathology
2. General Symptomatology
Muscle Tone and Reflex Action
Inferior Cervical Syndrome
Contractures
Cerebrospinal Hypertension Syndrome
State of Sensibility
State of Bladder
3. Complete Cord Section
Symptomatology
Suture of the Divided Cord
Electrical Reactions
Cauda Equina Injuries............................................................. 482
Syndrome of Cauda Equina
Concussion........................................................................ 483
1. Direct Concussion
Mechanism and Pathology
Cervical Concussion Syndrome from Vertebral Dislocation
Cervical Concussion Syndromes from Injury to Surrounding Soft Parts
Spinal Hemiplegia with Injury to XI, Cranial Nerve
2. Indirect Concussion
Effects of High Explosives
Mechanism
State of Cerebrospinal Fluid
Asthenic Syndrome
Sphincter Disturbances
Complications and Other Conditions...................................................492
Trophic Lesions
Camptocormia
Operative Indications and Prognosis................................................493
Introduction
The exceptional opportunities which the war has offered for observation of injuries to the nervous system has resulted in a voluminous literature on the subject. It appears that brain and peripheral nerve injuries have been relatively more numerous