Contributions to experimental physiology : showing that the ligation of the trachea, the divisions of the spinal cord in the cervical and dorsal regions, the removal of the viscera ... do not prevent intelligence, sensation, and motions ... / by Bennet Dowler.

  • Dowler, Bennet, 1797-1879.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Contributions to experimental physiology : showing that the ligation of the trachea, the divisions of the spinal cord in the cervical and dorsal regions, the removal of the viscera ... do not prevent intelligence, sensation, and motions ... / by Bennet Dowler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTRIBUTIONS EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY, SHOWING That the ligation of the trachea, the divisions of the spinal cord in the cervical and dorsal regions, the removal of the viscera, the destruction of the ganglions and plexuses of the sympathetic nerve, the ligation, section, and removal of the brachial and ischiatic plexuses, including the nerves of the limbs, do not prevent intelligence, sensation, and motions which are accurate in design, perfect in execution, being simultaneous and altogether voluntarily in all parts of the body, even though connected only by the muscles ; also experiments on the roots of the spinal cord, tSfc, <SfC., / BENNET DOWLER, M. D. Corresponding Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ; Fellow of the Mcdico-Chirurgical College of the same city, &c., &c. May Qth,—3 P. M. to G P. M.,—1852. VIVISECTION NO. 1. By the politeness of Dr. Cartwright, I was called upon, by letter, this evening, to make arrangements for the vivisection of an alligator, which he placed at my disposal. I accordingly called at his house to inform him that I would attend on the following day; but after reflect- ing upon the matter, I thought it advisable to proceed in the vivisection