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no lesion, except an effusion of blood in the median lobe of 

 the cerebellum, and there was probably no pressure upon 

 the peduncles. " The individual who was the subject of this 

 observation had had an attack of apoplexy. Before the at- 

 tack, he had for some time a staggering gait (une demarche 

 chancelante), and, after the attack, he had remained liemi- 

 plegic on the left side" (Andral, op. tit., p. 476). From 

 these meagre details, it seems probable that there was a cer- 

 tain amount of difficulty of coordination, though the descrip- 

 tion is not as definite as could be desired. 



CASE II. The second case was observed by Andral. A 

 groom, not quite forty years of age, was brought into the 

 Maison royale de sante, having suffered from severe head- 

 ache, vertigo, etc., for fifteen days, which finally became 

 fixed at the occiput. During the first three days in the hos- 

 pital, " he was in a continual state of agitation ; the move- 

 ments of the members, on the right as well as the left 

 side, were sometimes so 'brusques and disordered that they 

 resembled convulsive movements." Soon the respiration 

 became disturbed, and he died in asphyxia. " Upon post- 

 mortem examination, there was found general injection 

 of the meninges ; nothing particular in the cerebral hemi- 

 spheres; a moderate quantity of serum in the ventricles; 

 reddish softening of the left hemisphere of the cerebellum in 

 its posterior and inferior half; no other lesion" (Andral, 

 op. tit., p. 490). 



The only marked symptom relating to the movements in 

 this case was a certain amount of irregularity and convulsive 

 action of the muscles, while the patient was in bed. The 

 case is not strong in its bearings, either for or against the 

 coordination-theory ; for there must have been a great 

 amount of irritation of the encephalic centres, and it would 

 certainly be difficult to note disturbance of equilibration or 

 of coordination in a patient confined to the bed. 



The third case is quoted by Andral from Lallemand, and 

 is taken by Lallemand from Delamare. 



