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nerve elements all occur. Arterial disease leads to softening of 

 the parts supplied; the arteries most affected are the large 

 trunks at the base of the brain, and it is possible that their 

 relation to the bony base of the skull has some bearing on their 

 liability to suffer. Gnmmatous inflammation of the meninges 

 will cause various and erratic forms of cranial nerve paralysis. 



