On the comparative merits of Dr. Bellingeri's and Sir C. Bell's writings and opinions on the functions of the fifth and seventh pairs of cerebral nerves / by G. Negri.
- Negri, Gaetano.
- Date:
- 1835
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the comparative merits of Dr. Bellingeri's and Sir C. Bell's writings and opinions on the functions of the fifth and seventh pairs of cerebral nerves / by G. Negri. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![riter auatomes explicatin' adjumcnto; vidimus porro in proecedenti disscrta- tione {he means the second part, wlucli contains the anatomy of this ncruc), miiiorem quinti portioiiem in suo c fora- mine ovato egressu intime ut plurimum per plexum ganglioformem cum maxil- lari inferiori connecti, insuper et fere onines ramos portionis minoris accipere radices, aut filamenta a ramis maxilla- ris inferioris ; igitur portio minor in pro- priis ramificationibus est nervus compo- situs ex propriis filamentis, et a fila- mentis maxillaris inferioris: nihil miruin inde, si voluntarios ut pluri- mum, et modo etiam in voluntarios exe- quatur motus, quos tamcn producit non jier propria filamenta, sed ]jer ea, quee a mnxillari inferiori proveniunt, quem organic® vitOB prmesse, et involuntarios perficere motus, ex superius dictis, con- stare dijudico.” (See pp. 177 and 178.) “ Sunt igitur musculi, qui mixtos exequuntur motus, modo voluntarios, modo involuntarios, sunt et nervi, sed isti vel constant e diversorum nervorum filamentis in unicum fascieulum col- lectis, vel filamenta unicum nervum con- stituentia diversam habent in encephalo originem.” (p. 178.) Here ends the article in Belliugcri’s work on the Minor Portion of the Fifth Pair of Cerebral Nerves, and so I shall also conclude my first article, leaving the other parts of this question for a future period. Bellingeri's Opinions on the Ganglionic Portions of the Fifth Pair of Cere- bral Nerves. What Sir Charles Bell’s opinions were, in 1821, on the functions of the fifth pair of cerebral nerves, have been stated m my first article. He gave, in his fourth paper, read before the Royal So- ciety on June 19th, 1823, the following definition:— “ The fifth is the universal nerve of sensation to the head and face, to the skin, to the surface of the eye, the cavi- ties of the nose, the mouth and tongue, and the manducatory nerve.” (See Bell’s last work, p. 217.) How those opinions were altered, in 1829, with regard to the smaller branch of the same nerve, has also been said. What Bellingeri’s real opinions were, in 1818, on the use of the smaller por- tion of the fifth pair of nerves, 1 hope has been satisfactorily proved by his own words. It is for him a nerve of voluntary motion, possessing no sensa- tion: in certain circumstances it acts also as a nerve of involuntary motion, or of instinctive action ; but this pro- perty is bestowed on it by the intermix- ture with the inferior maxillary branch of the ganglionic portion, and then it is to be considered as a compound nerve: both this last and the smaller portions of the fifth take their origin from dis- tinct parts in the encephalon. Now I must come to what Mr. Alexr auder Shaw very properly considers the most important point of this question— viz. to the larger or ganglionic portion of the fifth nerve. With the view, how- ever, of soon satisfying Mr. Shaw, let me bring forward at once just the two concluding sentences in Part III. of Bellingeri’s Dissertatio, of the first chapter, of which the title is, “ Portionis majoris quinti paris us us, consensus, in- fluxus.” (p. 119.) “ Statuam igitur,” says he at last, “ quintum par nervorum esse sentientem, et motorium vitce organicce in capite. Quae dc quinto pari generatim diximus de ipsius portioue majori tantum intel- ligenda.” (p. 175.) Bellingeri’s so called Dissertatio In- auguralis, contains, properly speaking, six distinct ones; the different subjects of which are the following:—I. ExPhy. sica : De Physico-chemicis albuminis proprietatibus.— II. Ex Anatome: Dc nervis faciei.—III. Ex Physiologia : Quinti, et septimi nervorum paris func- tiones.—IV. Ex Medicina Theorica : De Neuralgice faciei.—V. Ex Praxv. Cura Neuralgia faciei.—VI. Ex Ma- teria Medica. Specimen de remediis nervinis. It is evident, therefore, that the leading subject of the author was principally the general pathology and treatment of the Neuralgia Facialis, and that he had very judiciously pre- faced his remarks by the anatomy and physiology of those parts and organs which, from their morbid condition, were to be restored to their natural state. Both the anatomical and physiological parts leave nothing to be desired in point of clear and minute exposition, as well as of information taken from the most celebrated authors who have dis- tinguished themselves on this subject. The opinions and authorities of Ensta- chius, Faloppius, Willis, Vieussens, Santorini, Winslow, Haller, Meckel, Hirsch, Wrisbcrg, Cotunnio, Scarpa),](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22371746_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
