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Tins result was of .some importance in coiiiieclioii witli the qneslioii, 

 whether the lyssavirns chooses tiie nervous i)ath to reach the 

 salivary glaixl. 



Suppose we did not (ind any def^tMieration in (he nerves, inner- 

 vating the salivary gland in casii the N. lingiialis with the tiltre.s 



Fig. Xlll. 

 Degeneration of the roots of N vestibularis and N facialis. 



of the chorda lympani, it would be evident that the virus had nol 

 reached tlie gland along the nerves, because the histopathology of 

 Ij'ssa gave sufKicient proof that the virus has a noxious influence 

 especially- on the nervefibres and its mjelinsheaths. 



However as the nervefibi'es, connecting the nervous system with 

 the salivary gland have indeed changed and these changes seem to 

 be of older date than the changes of the side of the bloodvessels, 

 it is most probable that these changes of the fibres are directly 

 brought about by the lyssavirus. 



Therefore the histopatholoyical chanc/es of the brainstem and the 



