On the pathology of the pneumogastric nerve : being the Lumleian lectures delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1876 ; also, Cold shock in its action on the pneumogastric nerve / by S.O. Habershon.
- Samuel Osborne Habershon
- Date:
- 1885
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the pathology of the pneumogastric nerve : being the Lumleian lectures delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1876 ; also, Cold shock in its action on the pneumogastric nerve / by S.O. Habershon. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![extremely sensitive condition of nervous system, we liad well marked exophthalmic disease with a recur- rent glycosuria; the branches of the pneumogastric in him were especially prone to morbid action. It may facilitate the right understanding of our subject if we take the several parts supplied by the nerve in connection with the laws which have been just adduced ; and first as to the larynx. The larynx may be affected by spasmodic irritation, or weakened by paralysis ; and each of these may be central in character, or be produced by local or by peripheral causes. LAETNX, / Central f In epilepsy and 2 In laryngismus In epilepsy and functional disease of brain, In laryngismus stridulus. In whooping-cough. Spasmodic irritation Local v Peripheral “ ' In irritation of the uvula, In aneurism pressing on the recurrent nerve. In early phthisis. In heart disease, In enlarged glands, v In hysteria. weakness Paralytic I Loca] Central /' In aneurism, \ In pressure on the pneumogastric or re- j current nerve by tumours, k In hysterical aphonia.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24975151_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
