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TUMORS OF THE BRAIN

Categories: Diseases of The Nervous System

Varieties in order of their frequency. Gumma,
tuberculous tumors, glioma, sarcoma, cancer, etc.



Causes. Predisposing. Men are about twice as often affected as women

until fifty and then it is about equal. It is more frequent in early adult

life. The exciting causes are blows and severe emotional shock.



Gumma (in third stage of Syphilis) appear as a round, yellow, cheesy mass,

usually beginning in the membranes and are usually seen between thirty and

fifty. They come from syphilis.






Tuberculous tumors. These appear as hard masses and vary in size. They may

be single or many, and are situated in any part of the brain. More than

half of the tumors appearing in children are of this variety.



Glioma. "Glue-tumor." They come from tissue forming the basis of the

supporting framework of the nervous tissue. This kind occurs often in the

young.



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