A BEND IN THE SIXTH CRANIAL NERVE AND ITS PROBABLE SIGNIFICANCE

Abstract

into the scope of this paper, it may be briefly remarked that in Freund's case it was most probably syphilitic in origin; in Hutchinson's it was associated with septic endocarditis, and in Bramwell's there was a history of severe cerebral trauma. In my case, however, as in Conway's and others, syphilis could probably be excluded, and there was no arterio-sclerosis or other pathological lesion of the vessels. It is probable that a local congenital weakness of the wall of the artery was the most important factor.