Genealogy Projects tagged with head trauma on the Geni Family Tree

Cerebral Congestion

In cerebral congestion, or apoplexy, there is suspension, more or less sudden, of the intellectual functions:—The same in syncope. "The concept of "cerebral congestion" as a cause of apoplexy was first proposed by Morgagni in 1761, and had a profound influence in the treatment of stroke during the next 150 years. It accounted not only for cerebral hemorrhage, but also for lacunes (Dechambre, 1...