Herpes Febrilis 



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disability of this extremity. On the 11th clay impairment in 

 function of the left leg followed. At autopsy the lumbar region 

 of the cord showed gross hemorrhages limited to the right dorsal 

 surface of the lumbar portion of the cord along the line of en- 

 trance of dorsal root libers. Microscopic sections showed 

 lesions like those found in the pons and medulla including the 

 presence of intra-nuclear inclusion-bodies, involving the right 

 dorsal and a portion of the lateral area of the cord, with an ex- 

 tension along the posterior commissural fibers to the median 

 portion of the left dorsal cord. 



Following inoculation of the skin with virus of herpes, 

 Levaditi noted paralysis of the posterior extremities in a rabbit 

 but clearly states that no lesions were found in the cord. 



(2.) A rabbit inoculated into the peritoneum of the abdom- 

 inal wall to the left of the median line developed on the 15th 

 day a lateral curvature of the spine with convexity toward the 

 left side. [Microscopic sections of the dorsal cord showed a de- 

 generation of sensory fibers situated dorsally and median to the 

 entrance of dorsal root fibers limited to the left side. 



(3.) A rabbit inoculated into the left adrenal developed on 

 the fifth day impairment in function of both hind legs with 

 apparent paralysis of abdominal muscles. 



Sections at different levels of the cord showed in the lower 

 dorsal region, acute lesions, as described in pons and medulla, 

 involving the left side along the entrance of sensory root fibers. 



In this case we assume the virus passed along the sympathetic 

 fibers from the adrenal, entering the cord through the dorsal root. 



