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    ‘Apoplexy and concussion’

    Date
    1831
    Creator
    C J Canton, Engraver
    After
    Object type
    Library reference
    Books/Bright, R_Diseases of the brain and nervous system part 2_1831
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 315mm
    width (print): 230mm
    Subject
    Content object
    human body
       > brain
    human body
       > organ
    Description
    Illustration of multiple parts of the brain showing the effects of apoplexy and consussion.

    Fig. 1- top central image. ‘A longitudinal section of the pons Varolii, showing an apoplectic effusion amongst its fibres.’

    Fig.2 – central left image. A section of the cerebellum shwoing the effects of concussion; lacerating the brain internally and causing bleeding.

    Fig.3 – central right image. A similar section of the lobe illustrating a clot of blood close to the corpus rhomboideum.

    Fig.4 – bottom image. Illustrating the laceration of cineritious substance caused by concussion.

    Plate 20 from Bright’s Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London, Longman, Rees... 1831). Inscribed: ‘Plate 20. C. J. Canton. Delt. London Published July 1. 1829. by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row London 1829. Eng & Col by C. J. Canton’
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