Recollections of student life and later days / [C. J Bond].

  • Charles John Bond
Date:
1939
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    Tympani muscle. This was shown by means of a tube inserted into the meatus, connected up with a U-shaped tube containing water. Contractions of the muscle caused a disturbance of the level of the water in the tube. It would be interesting to know how many individuals in the population possess this power to contract at will one of the internal ear muscles which normally, are under automatic control. On the Effect of Anaesthetics on Cerebral Activity. While filling resident posts in the hospital, Horsley carried out a remarkable series of observations on the effect of different anaesthetics on his own cerebral activities. With the assistance of fellow Residents, taking notes during the inhalation of the anaesthetic, it was found that the loss of brain function always took place in the same order. He then went on to study the effect of the inhalation of nitrous oxide gas on the reflex movements of his limbs. These experi¬ ments are recorded in Paget’s life, and in “Brain,” October, 1883. They are also referred to in the Rees and Raper Memorial Lecture, “On the effect of alcohol on the human brain” (April 27th, 1900). Ill Health and Persistent Cough. It was at this period, and after he had completed his appointment as House Surgeon to Professor John Marshall, F.R.S., that Horsley developed a persistent cough. He himself believed he was suffering from Phthisis. He was depressed by the thought that he might not be able to carry out his contemplated researches into the Physiology and Surgery of the Central Nervous System. Fortunately for Science and Humanity he ultimately regained robust health. He wrote me a characteristic letter at the time expressing his doubts about the future, and sent with it a beautifully