The nine circles of the hell of the innocent : described from the reports of the presiding spirits / compiled by G.M. Rhodes ; with preface by Frances Power Cobbe.
- Rhodes, G. M.
- Date:
- 1892
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The nine circles of the hell of the innocent : described from the reports of the presiding spirits / compiled by G.M. Rhodes ; with preface by Frances Power Cobbe. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(No mention is made of anaBsthetics, whicli of course would nullify the experimenter’s object of studying “ the excitability of the spinal marrow, and the convulsions and pain produced by that excitability.” M. Chauveau gives a large number of his “ cases.” I select the following):— Case 7. “ A vigorous mule. Wlien one pricks the marrow near the line of emergence of the sensitive nerves, the animal manifests the most violent pain.” Case 10. “ A small ass, very thin, pricked on the line of emergence—douleur intense.’’’ (This animal had been subjected the previous day to a most painful operation—obviously useless, since M. Chauveau’s experi- ment inevitably produced death.) Case 11. “ A vigorous horse. Most evident signs of pain, groans, and makes disorderly movements.” Case 20. Old white horse, “ lying on the litter unable to rise, but nevertheless very sensitive.” “ At whatever point I scratch the posterior cord I provoke signs of the most violent suffering.” “ The animal agitates himself most violently.”—Journal de la Physiologic, du Dr. Brown-Sequard. Tome Quatrifime. Paris: No. XIII. De I’Excitahilite de la Moelle Epiniere et particuUerement des convulsions et de la doideur prodwites par la mise en jeu de cette excitabilite. Par M. A. Chauveau. (Victor Masson et Pils), 1861. Cohnstein. “ We can excite the most powerful and rapid change in the circulation by cutting through the spinal marrow above the origin of the splanchnic [nerve]. In an animal thus operated upon, stimulation of the spinal marrow causes the enlarged vessels to contract and the lowered blood pressure to rise to its normal level or even much beyond ” “ Experiment 8.—3/12/’83. “ At 10 h. 5 m.—Babbit bound, back upwards. 11 h. 0 m.—Ether narcosis since 20 minutes ago. The vertebral canal opened at the seventh neck vertebra.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28066790_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
