The sympathetic nerve : its relations to disease / by C. V. Chapin.

  • Charles V. Chapin
Date:
1881
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    Anatomy. The chief points in regard to the gross anatom}^ of the s^'uipa- thetic nervous system, its chain of ganglia, and various plexuses, have been so long recognized and written about that it seems out of place to consider them in an essay like this. Most excellent descriptions of the general anatomy of the sym- pathetic ma}^ be found in the works of Gray (1), Quain (2), Sap- pe}' (3), and especially Henle (4). The ultimate distribution of the various sympathetic branches in the viscera and organs, over whose functions they preside, will be considered in connection with the phj^siology of the system much better than it could be by itself. But it ma}^ not be amiss, before proceeding to the discussion of the functions and lesions of the sympathetic, to give a brief summary of the various histological €leme)its making up the sj'stem. In regard to the relation of the S3'mpathetic to the cerebro- spinal nerves, three views have been entertained. The first of these, that of Valentin (5), makes the sympa- thetic an offshoot or dependent of the cerebro-spinal system, con- taining no fibres except such as have their centres in the brain and cord. Another view, though an old one, has been defended by such men of eminence as Bidder (6), and Volkmann (7). ] Gray, Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical. 3 Quain, Anatomy. 3 Sappey Traite d'Anatomie. 1874. 4 Henle, Nervenlehre. 1876. 5 Valentin, De functioribiia nervorum cerebralium et norvi sympathici. 1839. 6 Bidder, Ert'ahrungen liber die Eunctionelle Selbstsindig-keit des sympathischer Nerven-systems, Miiller's Arch. 1844. S. 309. 7 Volltmann, Die Selbstilndiglcoit des sympathischons. Nerven-sys- tems duroh anatotnische Untersuchungen, nachgewiessen. 1843.