An experimental inquiry concerning the reproduction of nerves ... / [John Haighton].

  • Haighton, John, 1755-1823
Date:
[1795]
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Credit: An experimental inquiry concerning the reproduction of nerves ... / [John Haighton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    * r y , * , ? * , • * • - _ ; ' ' ■ ■ ■ ■ IV :■< • . .{j .. 1U EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. i i i i . di’- f » ^ f • * - ‘ 1 ^ ’• ‘ 4 ** * * t l...-- ^ i • ; ; • J • * ' ' ■ The three figures are taken from preparations now in the author's possession, being the result of some of the experi¬ ments related in the paper. In each figure the nerve is represented in connection with the carotid artery, to which it naturally adheres by cellular membrane. Fig. ist. A, the carotid artery. B, one of the nerves of the eighth pair. C, the part where the first division was made, as it appeared after nineteen months. D, the part where the second division was made, and from which the dog died on the second day. Fig. 2d. A and B, the carotid artery and nerve of the op¬ posite side. C, the union which followed the first division, forming a swell like a ganglion. D, the second division, made two days before death. Fig. 3d. The same nerve cut open. a, b, c, represent bristles to keep the cut surfaces asunder.