Vol VIII, No 3 (1900)

The anatomy of the facial and auditory nerves, thanks to a whole series of studies produced according to all sorts of methods, seems at the present time very thoroughly developed; but while the method of degeneration (with peripheral lesions) has already understood many connections of the facial nerve in a person, it has not yet been possible to observe sufficiently extensive degenerations in the medulla oblongata and tubercles of the quadruple due to damage to the peripheral auditory canals. It is in this last relationship that the case I have studied is of interest, although it should be noted that for the anatomy of the facial nerve, he also understood some still unknown relationship.

One of the most important purposes of scientific experiments performed by doctors on animals is to serve the interests of the clinic; it is a well-established fact, thanks to which modern medicine in general, and the clinic in particular, has been enriched with the greatest discoveries. Particularly important is the preliminary conduct of experiments on animals, when the clinic offers new means of treating diseases, which, for theoretical reasons, may turn out to be harmful to the human body; the use of such a means can be justified only in the case if the good results achieved by them cover its temporary harmful effect; but even under such conditions, the doctor should be aware of the unfavorable aspects of the action of the means used by him.

In view of the observed cases of various diseases of the nervous system, which are associated with single poisoning with carbon monoxide, the number of which in the medical literature is increasing every year, as well as in the form of nervous and mental disorders in chronic poisoning with the same gas, Maureau, Е. Вескеr, E. V. Hardin and me, it seemed very interesting to trace the course of blood circulation in the brain during the process of poisoning itself, all the while I gratefully accepted the proposal and permission of the highly respected prof. V. M. Bekhterev to carry out research in his laboratory on this issue.

As is known, R. Flechsig for the first time, according to the method of development, isolated the part of the good substance adjacent to the solid substance under the name of the lateral boundary layer. He was convinced that in the brains of the fruits of an early period, for example, 25 stm. length, that area of ​​the lateral column, which remains minus the lateral pyramidal and cerebellar bundles and which he calls the remainder of the lateral pillars, according to the time of development of the fibers, it can be divided into 2 parts: one contains already pulpy fibers, while the other consists of non-pulpy fibers.

Pointing out that the acquaintance with polyuria, as a paroxysmal and constant manifestation of hysteria, belongs to a fairly recent time and having introduced the issue to the literature, the author describes a case of polyuria combined with pollakiuria and cured with the help of indirect suggestion.

Damaging the brains of cats in different places and processing them according to Marchi, the author could state different ascending and descending connections between the spinal cord and various parts of the brain stem. The number of experiments and a detailed description of each of them are not indicated separately. The author cites only his own conclusions, while citing numerous literature data.

The authors performed a complete re-cutting of corpus callosum in two four-month-old kittens. Part of the psalterium also got into the cut. The animals were left to live for fifteen days, during which it was impossible to detect any disorder on the part of movement, sensitivity and psyche.

Many articles have appeared in the press dedicated to the memory of Professor Sergei Sergeevich Korsakov. It is necessary to point out the remarkable unanimity with which the medical and general press and society, familiar with the social and medical activities of the deceased, reacted to this loss. Many speeches were spoken about his death, many obituaries and memoirs were published, in which the high dignity of the deceased professor, as a scientist, teacher, doctor and social activist, ardently devoted to his work and working until the last minutes, with an astonishing and depressing energy, was exposed.