Summary of the transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia (1849) (14765643862)

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Title: Summary of the transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Year: 1850 (1850s)
Authors: College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Philadelphia : W.F. Geddes, printer
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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d he could make a noise, and immedi-ately spoke to his companions. He soon dressed himself, and ranhome with delight, to tell the news. For a few days he stammer-ed in his speech, but this gradually wore off, and he now talkswith his usual fluency. In these cases there was no apparent inflammation or lesionabout the organs of the voice, or any defect in the movements olthe parts concerned in the act of speaking; there was no want ofideas, nor of the power of communicating them by signs or writing,but a simple want of power to execute the commands of the will.So far as Dr. P. could judge, medical treatment had no influencein restoring the voice, unless the strong excitement and efforts towhich the last patient was subjected while in the water, may beviewed in the light of a remedial measure. The cases are chieflyinteresting, as illustrative of that mysterious power which operatesthrough the nervous system, and without the presence of which,even our volition fails to execute its office.
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I). Norm Case. I ( ^3 ) List of Specimens presented to the Pathological Cabinet: JVo. 32. Section of Kidney, affected with Bl ights disease.Presented by Dr. Hays. JVo. 33. A wax cast of the external genitals of an Hermaphrodite.Presented by Dr. H. H. Smith. JVo. 31. A Fibrous Tumour removed from the lobe of the ear.Presented by Dr. Norris. The tumour weighs 4 ounces and 7 drachms. It measures 5;inches in length, 4J in breadth, and 2) in thickness. A sectionthrough the middle shows it to be a white fibrous structure, some-what more dense in some parts than in others. Upon examina-tion with the microscope, it was found to consist principally of thetissues composing the true skin, white and yellow fibrous tissues ;these were blended in different proportions in different parts. Thehardest and most cartilaginous parts were composed of the whitefibrous tissue. The softer and more flexible parts were formedof the yellow or elastic fibrous tissue. In the interstices of thefibres there was som