On the issue of anatomical and pathological changes in the spinal cord under the influence of its compression

The study of spinal cord diseases due to its compression until the last day was a controversial issue. The first authors who studied it, namely Olivier and Louis, expressed the opinion that the suffering of the spinal cord in these cases is directly due to the mechanical moment of pressure. This opinion, however, was not held for long in the sciences. In its place, another appeared, which soon acquired the right of citizenship. Michaud, who worked under the leadership of Charcot, created an "inflammatory theory" according to which the changes found in the compressed spinal cord are nothing more than changes in the inflammatory nature, the source of these changes to inflammatory vertebral diseases is the substance of the brain.