Excerpt from The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, 1881-'82, Vol. 9 Attention is also Specially called to the exceptionally straight and tense course of the pneumogastrics from their orifice to their foramen of exit, and to the consequent readiness with which they can be lacerated. It is believed that fatal con cassion is often due to laceration of these nerves, and of the cornu of the fourth ventricle to which they so often adhere. This lesion has been found in several instances, and should be sought for in every obscure case. 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.