A series of engravings, explaining the course of the nerves. With an address to young physicians on the study of the nerves / [Sir Charles Bell].

  • Charles Bell
Date:
1816
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Credit: A series of engravings, explaining the course of the nerves. With an address to young physicians on the study of the nerves / [Sir Charles Bell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    c. Disorders of the Stomach acting through the Pulmonic Plexus, will occasion cough ; and medicines acting on the Stomach will alleviate Asthma. d. Through the Plexus of this Nerve the Heart and Lungs are united, ever corresponding in action. e. When life seems extinguished b}r suffocation (in experi- ments on animals), pricking the Heart will be followed by Respiration. — And in the apparently drowned, the play of the Lungs in artificial breathing, brings after it the action of the Heart. f. It is well known how disease of the Lungs affects the Heart; but it is not so generally observed how much disease of the Heart resembles Pulmonary disease. g. Looking to the distribution of the Par Vagum on the Stomach [* 16.] and the Plexus of the Nerve, in its course upon the (Esophagus [i] it will not appear sur- prizing that disorder of the Uterine System affecting the Stomach, and also Primary disorders of the Sto- mach itself, should produce the Globus Hystericus, or Paralysis, or Spasms of the Pharynx and (Esophagus. h. Although the Heart and Stomach be divided by the Dia- phragm, yet through this Nervous cord they are united, and this explains why disorder of the Stomach should produce such changes on the Heart’s action. The pause, or intermission of the pulse, which in many diseases is a fatal symptom, is often produced in a manner less alarming, merely by irritation of the Stomach, t. Seeing these many connections of the Stomach with the vital parts through this Nerve; our surprize ceases at a blow on the Stomach proving instantly fatal.