A treatise on the structure, functions and diseases of the human sympathetic nerve / by John Fred. Lobstein ; translated from the Latin, with notes, by Joseph Pancoast.

  • Lobstein, Jean Frédéric, 1777-1835.
Date:
1831
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    body of a young man, twenty-four years of age, who had been affected with congenital imbecility of mind, and in whom the sympathetic nerve was so perfect and well expressed, as to surpass any I have ever seen in fitness for dissection. From this subject my de- scription is principally derived. I have likewise ad- duced the observations made either by other anato- mists, or myself, which manifest less usual phenomena; but have referred them to the second chapter of the first section, so as to avoid interruption in the order of this treatise. In the second and physiological section, I have en- deavoured to display the use of the intercostal nerve in the animal economy, and its probable functions in a healthy condition. Lastly, in the third and pathological section, I have indicated the abnormal actions or diseases of this nerve, in which it appears to be affected in a dyna- mic manner only: And I have then treated of the organic changes, which have been detected by anato- mical research in the structure of the nerve itself.