Lesion of the Cauda Equina: Operation—Relief of Symptoms

lri this country comparatively few cases of lesion of the ^auda equina have been observed and subjected to treatment ^ ?Peration, it seems desirable to place this case upon record, ?ugh perhaps it does not distinctly add anything to our a*her imperfect knowledge of the distribution of the lumbar sacral nerve-roots. The symptoms and diagnosis of ^lQng of the cauda equina have been admirably discussed by 0rburn and again more recently by Allen Starr 2, who has ^oted several cases which have been recorded since Thorburn's ^Qrk * was published. It would be superfluous, therefore, to CqSCUss these questions here; so, reserving until later some