Abstract
THE manifestations of disease are made so frequently through the nervous system that there can be no doubt of the utility of such a book as this, which seeks to give the clinician a brief and clear description of the anatomy and physiology of nerve paths as a solid basis for diagnostic purposes. It is an elementary book representing well-known facts to serve the purpose of the medical man, its main interest to British neurologists lying in the fact that it represents the modern teaching of German and Swiss medical schools. From a medical point of view the most important part of the nervous system is the sympathetic, by which the viscera are brought into close touch with the central and peripheral nervous system, and by which visceral disease is so frequently reflected, but the sympathetic system is altogether excluded from Dr. Villiger's book. The sensory nerve supply of the body wall, of the pleura and peritoneum is also omitted. The levator palatas is still described as receiving its nerve supply from the facial nerve. On the other hand, the segmental nerve supply of the muscles of the body and the muscular incoordinations and disturbances which follow lesions of the central nervous system are well described.
Die periphere Innervation; Kurze übersichtliche Darstellüng des Ursprungs, Verlaufs und der Ausbreitung der Hirr- und Rückenmarksnerven.
By Dr. Emil Villiger. Pp. 110. (Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1908.) Price 6 marks.
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Die periphere Innervation; Kurze übersichtliche Darstellüng des Ursprungs, Verlaufs und der Ausbreitung der Hirr- und Rückenmarksnerven . Nature 79, 188 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/079188d0
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