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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    OF PLATE I. THIS figure is not to be considered as an accurate represen- tation of those intricate Nerves, which take their course through the bones of the face, but merely as a plan, of the first seven Nerves of the Cranium. 2. The Optic Nerve, which is expanded into the Retina. 3. The Motor Oculi, [Third Pair of Nerves] being that Nerve which supplies the muscles moving the eye in general. 4. The Trochlearis, [Fourth Pair of Nerves] being that which passes to the Superior Oblique Muscle. 5. The Fifth Nerve, or Trigeminus, from its three great divisions. a. The First Division, or Opthalmic Branch of the Fifth Pair, which divides into — b. The Frontal, or Superciliary Nerve. c. The Lacrymal Nerve. d. The Nasal Nerve.