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Some Appearances Indicating Phagocytosis observed in the Brains of the Insane: Essay for which was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Medico-Psychological Association, 1896

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

John Turner
John Turner*
Affiliation:
Essex County Asylum
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Dr. Bevan Lewis ascribes to the Deiters cells of the brain a phagocyte function; as the scavengers of the brain they absorb and remove effete material, and also according to his view attach themselves to degenerated nerve-cells, whereby these structures are gradually through their agency absorbed and removed.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 43 , Issue 180 , January 1897 , pp. 41 - 46
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1897 
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