A letter addressed to the Earl of Rosse, President-Elect of the Royal Society / by Marshall Hall.

  • Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.
Date:
October 1848
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A letter addressed to the Earl of Rosse, President-Elect of the Royal Society / by Marshall Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It will be said hereafter—In the early part of the nine¬ teenth century, the Physiology of the Spinal Marroiv was first detected. The discovery was laid before the .Royal Society, and—rejected!”—p. 7. The idea of an Incident Nerve, in essential relation, through the Spinal Marrow, with certain Reflex Muscular Nerves, did not previously exist in Anatomy.—p. 10. The idea of a Reflex Function of the Spinal Marrow; the idea of a Reflex physiological act did not exist in Physiology. —p. 10.