The sensory system of the facial nerve and its symptomatology / by J. Ramsay Hunt.

  • Hunt, James Ramsay, 1872-1937.
Date:
1909
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    vA [Reprinted from The Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Vol. 36, No. 6, June, 1909. THE SENSORY SYSTEM OF THE FACIAL NERVE AND ITS SYMPTOMATOLOGY1 The subject which I have chosen for presentation this evening is the symptomatology of the sensory system of the seventh cranial nerve. A preliminary statement of my views on this question was made before the American Neurological Association in 1907 (1) ; and certain special aspects of the same subject I have considered in previous communications, the “ Herpetic Inflammations of the Geniculate Ganglion” (2) and “Otalgia Considered as an Affection of the Seventh Cranial Nerve” (3). As an introductory statement I would emphasize the fact, that anatomically speaking the seventh nerve has long been recognized as a mixed nerve, having a sensory root and ganglion. The investigations of Retzius (4), W. His (5), v. Lenhos- sek (6), Penzo (7), Sappolini (8), Van Gehuchten (9), and Dixon (10) have shown conclusively that the facial has a sensory ganglion the geniculate, a sensory root the pars inter- media of Wrisberg, as well as sensory fibers coursing in the chorda tympani, the great superficial petrosal nerve and the trunk proper of the seventh. Modern authorities are agreed as to the nature and origin of the nerve of Wrisberg and the chorda tympani, opinions differ 1 Presidential Address delivered before the New York Neurological Society, February 2, 1909. / By J. Ramsay Hunt, M.D. NEW YORK CITY