Summary of the principal physiological researches of Augustus Waller, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.S.

  • Waller, Augustus, 1816-1870.
Date:
[1860?]
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    SUMMARY OP THE 5PRINCIPAL PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHKS OP AUGUSTUS WALLER, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.S. In 1849 Dr. Waller discovered a new p'-ocess for inves- tigating the Nervous System, founded on the disorganization of the distal end of a divided nerve. By means of the fatty disorganization thus produced, he was enabled to detect at any point of its course below the point of section, a disorgan- ized nerve-tube, however minute, in the midst of other sound fibres. In this manner was accomplished a result equivalent to the injection into the nerve-tube of dark, granular matter, which had been in vain attempted by anatomists, such as Rusych, Bendz, &c., the former of whom states that he would have nothing further to wish for than to inject nerves as he had succeeded with hlood-vesselsy (See Cruveilher's Anatomy —*' Systeme Nerveux.) Dr. Waller first applied the process to investigate the exact distribution of the glossopharyngeal and hypoglossal nerves in the papillae, and other structures of the tongue. {Vide Phil. Trans., 1850.) At the same time he pointed out its universal application to all the nerves, instancing those of the brain as an example. Dr. Waller applied to the Royal Society for a grant of money to enable him to carry out the application of his new B
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