Tic douloureux, or, Neuralgia facialis, and other nervous affections : their seat, nature, and cause, with cases illustrating successful methods of treatment / by R.H. Allnatt.

  • Allnatt, R. H. (Richard Hopkins)
Date:
1843
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    before and behind the subclavian artery, end in the superior thoracic gangUon. Branches also pass outwards and join the spinal nerves that form the axillary plexus; while others pass in- wards to contribute to the formation of the pulmonary plexus. The inferior cardiac nerve is generally considered as its anterior branch. The thoracic portion of the sympathetic nerve comprises: first, a series of ganglia which are regularly disposed along the heads of the ribs, connected by nervous cords passing from one to the other; and secondly, the plexus formed along the median line for the supply of the heart and lungs. The cardiac plexus (ganglion cardiacum) is the common point of union of the cardiac nerves that issue from the cervical ganglia, and is the imme- diate source whence the different nerves proceed to supply the heart. From this plexus, some fila- ments pass to join the pulmonary plexus; and others turn forwards to the aorta. The descend- ing set pass to the heart, where they divide, take the course of the coronary arteries, and form the