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The Pathology of Milkiness, Thickening, and Opacity of the Pia-arachnoid in the Insane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

W. F. Robertson
W. F. Robertson*
Affiliation:
Royal Asylum, Edinburgh
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There is at the present time great need of more complete and definite knowledge as to the pathology of the very marked structural changes that so commonly affect the pia-arachnoid in the insane. The subject is one of much importance to all of us as medical psychologists, for not only is the condition in question one of the most conspicuous lesions associated with mental disease, but it implicates a structure of primary importance in the economy of the central nervous system. It is by way of vessels that course through this membrane that nutriment is conveyed to the brain cortex, and the waste products resulting from metabolism in the cerebral tissues are mainly conveyed away in the fluid that circulates in its lymph spaces. Therefore it is evident that these morbid changes may very seriously interfere with the functions both of nutrition and excretion in the brain.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 41 , Issue 175 , October 1895 , pp. 622 - 635
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1895 

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