This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...Jahresbericht up to 1817; see also Dr. Todd and Mr. Bowman in their Physiological Anatomy. Bundles or fasciculi of fibres run together in the nerves, but merely lie in apposition with each other; they do not unite: even where the fasciculi appear to anastomose there is no union of fibres, but only an interchange of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...Jahresbericht up to 1817; see also Dr. Todd and Mr. Bowman in their Physiological Anatomy. Bundles or fasciculi of fibres run together in the nerves, but merely lie in apposition with each other; they do not unite: even where the fasciculi appear to anastomose there is no union of fibres, but only an interchange of fibres between the anastomosing fasciculi. Hence the central extremity of each fibre is connected with the peripheral extremity of a single nervous fibre only; and this peripheral extremity is in direct relation with only one point of the brain, spinal cord, or other nervous centre; so that, corresponding to the many millions of primitive fibres which are distributed to peripheral parts of the body, there are the same number of peripheral points of the body represented in the nervous centres. At certain parts of their course nerves form plexuses in which they anastomose with each other, and interchange fasciculi, as in the case of the brachial and lumbar plexuses. The object of such interchange of fibres is, probably, to give to each nerve passing off from the plexus a wider connection with the spinal cord than it would have if it proceeded to its destination without such communication with other nerves. Thus, since the brachial plexus is formed by the intermingling of fasciculi from the four last cervical, and the first dorsal nerves, it is possible that each trunk coming off from it may contain fibres derived from several parts of the cord intermediate between the roots of the fourth cervical and those of the first dorsal. By this means the parts supplied from the brachial plexus are enabled to have wider relations with the nervous centres, and more extensive sympathies. The terminations of nerve-fibres are their modes of distribution and conne...
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Edition:
New and Revised American, from the last London Edition
Publisher:
Henry C Lea
Published:
1868
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
12768650252
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Very good. No dust jacket. 584 p. about 4 pages have a few light pencil, owner's name and date 1869 in front, Boards slight wear. Very nice copy, rarer find from an Estate Sale
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Good. 1st American ed. 552 pages: 118 illustrations; 20 cm. Bound in full contemporary calf. Outer edges browned. An early and enormously successful physiology textbook, which saw its last edition in 1951 (the 17th). Cordasco 50-1080.
