Excerpt from Cerebellar Abscess Its Etiology, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment: Including Anatomy and Physiology of the Cerebellum Ninety-eight per cent of cerebellar abscesses are otitic in origin, and the diagnosis and treatment of this complication are, to-day, almost solely the province of the otological surgeon. Considering the recent advances made in our knowledge of cerebellar physiology and methods of diagnosis, and particularly of the relationship between the cerebellum and the static labyrinth, a work on cerebellar abscess is not untimely. This relationship we have described at length, trusting that it will interest the neurologist as well as the otologist. In this book, we have attempted to outline briefly the anatomy and physiology of the cerebellum as a basis for that neurological knowledge with which the surgeon must be equipped in order to cope with the problem of cerebellar diagnosis. We have made no attempt to state all the opinions with regard to the physiology, but have confined ourselves to those hypotheses which seemed most plausible and which shed most light upon the subject. The etiology, pathology and symptomatology have been based chiefly upon the reports of 86 cases which we have been able to collect from the literature since 1906. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.