Narrative of the discoveries of Sir Charles Bell in the nervous system / by Alexander Shaw.

Date:
1839
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    Attempted to establish, that this was the special nerve of all the five senses 182 He cut across both roots, within the cranial cavity, but never observed the effects on the muscles of the jaws 184 Never mentions that the fifth pair consists of two distinct roots .... 185 Virtually opposed the analogy between the fifth pair and spinal nerves 186 Conclude that M. Magendie was hostile to the view, that the func- tions of the nerves correspond with the structure of their roots, or that the nerves of sensation are distinct from those of motion.. 187 CHAPTER VI. SIR CHARLES BELl’s THEORY OF THE “ ORIGINAL” AND “ RESPIRATORY ” SYSTEMS OF NERVES. Voluntary and involuntary nerves 188 Dr. Wilson Phillip on the voluntary nerves 189 The Rev. Mr. Whewell’s account of these discoveries 191 His remarkable errors 195 Statement of the problems in the anatomy of the nervous system which require to be solved 196 Cause of the intricacy in the distribution of the nerves 197 The spinal nerves and fifth pair constitute the “ original” class .... 202 This system bestows functions common to all animals 205 The “ respiratory” nerves only found in animals which breathe by lungs Contrast between the “concentrated” and “diffuse” mode of respiration in animals The peculiar distribution of the portio dura and fifth pair left un- explained by all other physiologists 211 2i5 Conclusion APPENDIX. THE RETINA POSSESSES AN APPROPRIATE SENSE, DISTINCT FROM THAT OF A NERVE OF TOUCH. The originality of this observation appropriated by M. Magendie, although in two different works it had been previously explained by Sir Charles Bell M. Muller ascribes the observation to M. Magendie