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The iiervei-ells in this section and throuf>h the whole brainstem 

 have more or lews ciianged and many .W//r/i)odies are found iiere. 

 Pursuing the roots up to (he ganglion Gdsseri partij the fibres iiave 

 degenerated thougli by fjir not the greater part. Ijongitiidinai sections 

 through the third branch of this <;anglioii consisting of N niandibu- 

 laris with N lingualis show a serious degeneration especially of the 

 N. lingualis. Also the cells of the ganglion otuMun and the fibres 



Fig. X. 



Section through the roots of N.V. Degeneration of tlie 



portio minor- and portio major N.V. 



passing that ganglion show a serious degeneration. Fig. XI. Pursuing 

 tlie N lingualis up to the salivary gland we saw this nerve degene- 

 rated along its whole length (Fig. XII). So there is no doubt that 

 the nervous jiath connecting the central ner\'ons system with the 

 salivary gland is more or le.ss destroyed. 



A section through the brainstem and the roots of N facialis shows 

 a degeneration of the facialis roots, though of a slight degree and 

 more or less of the vestibularis roots. Also the pai-t of the corpus 

 trapezoides lying between both roots is partly destroyed, so that it 

 seems that especially liie laleial peripheric pait of the l)rainstem 



