A demonstration of the nerves of the human body / by Joseph Swan.

  • Joseph Swan
Date:
MDCCCXXXIV [1834]
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Credit: A demonstration of the nerves of the human body / by Joseph Swan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    XXV] 1 PLATE X. FIGURE I. After removing the membranes, the brain was kept in alcohol several weeks before the delineation of its different parts was made. A Anterior lobes of the brain. B Middle lobes of the brain. C Posterior lobes of the brain. D Fissure of Sylvius. E Infundibulum. F Mammillary bodies. G Crura of the brain. H Annular tubercle. J Cerebellum. K Crura of the cerebellum. L Anterior pyramidal bodies. M Olivary bodies. N Beginning- of the spinal chord. 1 Olfactory, or first pair of nerves: a, external; b, middle; c, internal root. 2 Optic, or second pair of nerves. 3 Common oculo-muscular, or third pair of nerves. 4 Superior oblique oculo-muscular, or fourth pair of nerves. 5 Anterior portion of the three-fold, or fifth pair of nerves. 6 Posterior portion of the three-fold, or fifth pair of nerves. 7 Abducent oculo-muscular, or sixth pair of nerves. 8 Proper auditory, or soft portion of the seventh pair of nerves. 9 Facial, or hard portion of the seventh pair of nerves. 10 Par vagum, pneumo-gastric, or eighth pair of nerves. 11 Glosso-pharyngeal, or associate of the eighth pair of nerves. 12 Myo-glossal, hypo-glossal, or ninth pair of nerves. 13 Accessory nerves. FIGURE 11. This figure shows the connexion of the anterior portion of the fifth nerve, with the annular tubercle on the right side. A Optic tract. B Right crus of the brain. C Annular tubercle. D Part from which the crus of the cerebellum was separated. E Anterior pyramidal body. F Olivary body. G Restiform body. 1 Common oculo-muscular nerve. 2 Superior oblique oculo-muscular nerve. 3 Anterior portion of the fifth nerve, and its con- nexion with the annular tubercle. 4 Posterior portion of the fifth nerve; also, the con- nexion of some of its fibrils with the part conti- guous to that giving originto the anterior portion. 5 Abducent oculo-muscular nerve. 6 Proper auditory nerve. 7 Right trunk of the par vagum, and the glosso-pharyn- geal nerve.