Book contents
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- Stroke
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- One The Ventricles
- Two The Force of Blood
- Three Congestion
- Four Forgotten Forms of Apoplexy
- Five Haemorrhage
- Six Ramollissement
- Seven Thrombosis and Embolism
- Eight No Man’s Land: The Neck Arteries
- Nine Lacunes
- Ten Stroke Warnings
- Eleven Saccular Aneurysms
- Twelve Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Index
Five - Haemorrhage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2023
- Stroke
- Stroke
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- One The Ventricles
- Two The Force of Blood
- Three Congestion
- Four Forgotten Forms of Apoplexy
- Five Haemorrhage
- Six Ramollissement
- Seven Thrombosis and Embolism
- Eight No Man’s Land: The Neck Arteries
- Nine Lacunes
- Ten Stroke Warnings
- Eleven Saccular Aneurysms
- Twelve Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Index
Summary
The French Revolution accelerated the increase of medical knowledge. Rochoux, a typical exponent, dissected several patients who had died of apoplexy. In his view, sudden hemiplegia always signified a haemorrhage in the brain. He regarded other brain lesions, particularly serous effusion and softening, found always after an interval of at least one month, as secondary complications. However, Riobé, Cruveilhier, and Moulin soon elucidated the usual course of tissue changes following intracerebral haemorrhage. Elsewhere, Abercrombie distinguished forms of apoplexy according to the initial symptoms: loss of consciousness, headache, or paralysis. Serres categorized brain haemorrhage without paralysis as ‘meningeal apoplexy’.
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- StrokeA History of Ideas, pp. 148 - 187Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023