The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as Evincing DesignBell & Daldy, 1865 - 260 pages |
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... Brain and Nerves was involved in great darkness . The extent of ignorance may be judged of , when it is stated that the distinction between the nerve which gives Motor power to the muscles , and the nerve which conveys Sen- sation from ...
... Brain and Nerves was involved in great darkness . The extent of ignorance may be judged of , when it is stated that the distinction between the nerve which gives Motor power to the muscles , and the nerve which conveys Sen- sation from ...
Page xii
... brain , which was regarded as a common central source of every imaginable nervous endowment . And we may perceive that those who held that view , of motor power and sensation belonging conjointly to the same nerve , did not con- sider ...
... brain , which was regarded as a common central source of every imaginable nervous endowment . And we may perceive that those who held that view , of motor power and sensation belonging conjointly to the same nerve , did not con- sider ...
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... brain or spinal cord . The process of investigation by which he made that pre - emi- nently great discovery may be briefly explained . It commenced in his adopting certain original views concerning the functions . of the principal ...
... brain or spinal cord . The process of investigation by which he made that pre - emi- nently great discovery may be briefly explained . It commenced in his adopting certain original views concerning the functions . of the principal ...
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... Brain . The principal fact in regard to the spinal nerves , which he was sure of having fully established , was that the power of giv- ing motion is exclusively the property of the " anterior " roots . Each time these were pinched , a ...
... Brain . The principal fact in regard to the spinal nerves , which he was sure of having fully established , was that the power of giv- ing motion is exclusively the property of the " anterior " roots . Each time these were pinched , a ...
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... Brain , next to be described . When he proceeded to investigate the nerves of the Brain , his attention was directed chiefly to the two nerves which have the most extensive distribution of any in the head , viz . , the " Portio- dura ...
... Brain , next to be described . When he proceeded to investigate the nerves of the Brain , his attention was directed chiefly to the two nerves which have the most extensive distribution of any in the head , viz . , the " Portio- dura ...
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