Physiology at Harvard / by William Townsend Porter.

  • William Townsend Porter
Date:
1902
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Credit: Physiology at Harvard / by William Townsend Porter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tive variation, p. 180. Current of action in optic nerve, p. 181. Errors from unipolar stimulation, p. 183. Negative variation of secretion current, p. 184. Electrotonic currents, p. 186. Negative variation of electrotonic currents ; positive varia- tion (polarization increment) of polarizing current, p. 188. The electrotonic current as a stimulus, p. 191. Paradoxical contraction, p. 191. The Change in Form. — Eelation of strength of stimulus to form of contraction wave, p. 203. Influence of veratrine on the form of the con- traction, p. 208. Muscle sound, Experiments 4 and 5, pp. 212-214. Total work done estimated by muscle curve, p. 226. Extensibility increased in tetanus, p. 231. Fatigue of skeletal muscle of frog, Experiment 3, p. 233. Eatigue of human skeletal muscle, Experiment 2, p. 234. Spinal Cord and Brain ^ The spinal cord a seat of simple reflexes, Experiments 1 and 2, p. 1. Influence of afferent impulses on reflex action, p. 2. Threshold value lower in end organ than in nerve trunk, Experi- ments 1 and 2, pp. 2 and 3. Summation of affer- ent impulses, p. 3. Segmental arrangement of reflex apparatus. Experiments 1 and 2, p. 4. Ee- flexes in man; from the skin, p. 5. Cornea reflex, p. 5. Throat reflex, p. 6. Pupil light-reflex, p. 6. Consensual reflex, p. 6. Accommodation reflex, p. 6. Knee jerk, p. 6. Ankle jerk, p. 7. Gower's experiment, p. 7. Effect of strychnine on reflex 1 Experiments for Harvard Medical Students. Second Series, pp. 1-20.
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