On the influence of the cervical portions of the sympathetic nerve and spinal cord upon the eye and its appendages, illustrated by clinical cases, with observations / by John W. Ogle.

  • Ogle, John W. (John William), 1824-1905.
Date:
1858
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    called forth. After Petit, a number of expenmenters more or less confirmed his observations. The chief of these were Peter Mollinelli/ who has recorded five observations describing the results of ligation and section of the sympa- thetic and par vagura, as united in the neck of the dog, Justus AjTiemann,^ Cruikshank,^ Dupuy,* Cammerer,^ Mayer of Bonn,'' Brachet/ Reid,^ and Valentin.*' But on reading their productions, several discrepancies are manifest, and it is evident that they experimented with very different powers and with vei*y varied intentions of observation.. Dupny, Professor of Veterinary Surgery at the College of Alfort, made a number of experiments along with Breschet, and under the eye of Dupuytren, upon the cer- vical sympathetic in the horse. Like Petit, he also noticed that division of the nerve was followed by contraction of the pupil, descent of the upper exjelid, and redness of the conjunctiva, &c. In addition, he observed a peculiar dryness and adherence of the skin, swellings of the eyelids, and general emaciation; moreover, he noticed an increased temperature of the ears, with aug- mented perspiration and eruptions upon the skin, thus an- ticipating in a remarkable manner much fhat has more recenth'^ been brought forward as regards the influence of the sympathetic upon the capillaries of the skin and other parts. Brachet also found section of the sympathetic cer- vical nerves to be followed by cerebral congestion, agitation, somnolence, and stupidity. ' ' Commentarii Academiaj Bononiensis,' torn, v, pp. 280-297, 1755. ' Versuche iiber d. Regeneration der Nerven,' Gottingen, 1787. 'Philosophical Transactions,' part i, 1795, but written in 1776. •* ' Observations and Experiments communicated to the ]\Iedical Society of Emulation,' and published in the ' Journal de Modecine Chirurg. et Pharm.,' p. 340, December, 1816. » ' Vensuche iiber d. Natur der Krankhaften Mngen-erweichung,' 1828. ^ 'Journal der Chirurg. ii. Augen-heilkunde,'Von Grafe and P. von AValther, Bd. x, S. 418, 1827. ' ' Recherches expcrimentales sur les fonctions du Sjst&me Nerveux Ganglionnaire,' 1830 and 1837. ' Edinburgh Med. and Surgical Jotu-nal,' Jan. 1838, and Aug. 1839. » Op. cit.