| A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the | | | | of the muscles. Foam comes out of the person's |
| brain. The tumor can either originate in the brain itself, | | | | mouth and his/her eyes turn white. It is advisable to |
| or come from another part of the body and travel to | | | | stick a spoon or a wood stick in between the teeth to |
| the brain (metastasize). Brain tumors may be classified | | | | prevent any damages to the tongue. Children suffer |
| as either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant | | | | from another kind of epilepsy called petit mal. The |
| (cancerous) depending on their behavior. | | | | sypmtoms between the petit mal and the gran mal are |
| As people age, the brain and nervous system go | | | | relatively similar. However, the epileptic crisis caused by |
| through natural changes. The brain and spinal cord lose | | | | the petit mal is shorter (thirty seconds) than the grand |
| nerve cells and weight. Nerve cells may begin to | | | | mal (up to fiver minutes). |
| transmit messages more slowly than in the past. | | | | Anatomy of the Nervous System |
| Waste products may collect in the brain tissue as | | | | If you think of the brain as a central computer that |
| nerve cells break down, causing plaques and tangles. | | | | controls all bodily functions, then the nervous system is |
| Lipofuscin (a fatty brown pigment) may also | | | | like a network that relays messages back and forth |
| accumulate in nerve tissue. | | | | from the brain to different parts of the body. It does |
| Problems that can affect the brain include: | | | | this via the spinal cord, which runs from the brain down |
| Cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is the result of a | | | | through the back and contains threadlike nerves that |
| developmental defect or damage to the brain before | | | | branch out to every organ and body part. |
| or during birth. It affects the motor areas of the brain. | | | | The functioning of the nervous system and the flow of |
| A person with cerebral palsy may have average | | | | its Spiritus was magical and mysterious. Likewise, the |
| intelligence or can have severe developmental delays | | | | various abberations of consciousness and |
| or mental retardation. Cerebral palsy can affect body | | | | dysfunctions of the nervous system were equally |
| movement in many different ways. In mild cases of | | | | mysterious and difficult problems to solve. |
| cerebral palsy, there may be minor muscle weakness | | | | Quite early on, powerful medicines, usually of botanical |
| of the arms and legs. In other cases, there may be | | | | origin, were discovered which had a profound effect |
| more severe motor impairment - a child may have | | | | on the Psychic Faculty and nervous system. Tincture |
| trouble talking and performing basic movements like | | | | of Belladonna, applied topically, could dilate the pupils of |
| walking. | | | | the eyes. Mistletoe was a powerful antispasmodic and |
| Nervous System | | | | anticonvulsant that could treat and prevent epileptic |
| Epilepsy | | | | seizures. Henbane had powerful antispasmodic effects |
| Epilepsy is an anormaly of the nervous system. The | | | | on the muscles and bowels. The powerful effects of |
| most common and dangerous type of epileptic seizure | | | | these medicines couldn't be explained by the usual |
| is the grand mal. During the attack, the person that | | | | laws of taste and temperament alone, as they |
| suffers from the grand mal loses his/her | | | | seemed to have a magical special potency. |
| consciousness. He/She convulses due to the tension | | | | |