On the diseases and derangements of the nervous system : in their primary forms and in their modifications by age, sex, constitution, hereditary predisposition, excesses, general disorder, and organic disease / by Marshall Hall.

  • Marshall Hall
Date:
1841
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Credit: On the diseases and derangements of the nervous system : in their primary forms and in their modifications by age, sex, constitution, hereditary predisposition, excesses, general disorder, and organic disease / by Marshall Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    appropriate portions of the spinal marrow itself, the functions of these nerves remain. 44. Still the two sets of nerves are generally blended ana- tomically. If they be distinct in any class of animals, it is probably in the Lwertebrata, and especially in their lowest forms, in which sensation and volition are nearly extinct, and the animal lives a sort of excito-motory life only. 45. But if the existence of a distinct anatomy of the excito- motory system be doubtful, that of the blended anatomy, and that of the distinct physiology, pathology, and therapeutics of this system, are perfectly obvious.] 46. My readers may compare § § 89—96 ; 148—150 ; in the subsequent pages. 47. I have, in sending forth this little volume, to repeat that my object has uniformly been to lay before my readers tJie practical application of my views of the nervous system. I have, therefore, treated those subjects briefly, the applica- tion of which was not obvious or immediate, reserving their further discussion for my larger volume ; whilst I have en- tered more into detail in treating those points which were calculated to elucidate the nature, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. 48. If I have pointed out new paths which we should pursue in detecting the dawn and watching the progress of an important class of diseases; if I have suggested new plans of prevention and of treatment, T shall not, I think, have failed in my object of being useful to the practitioner and to man- kind.