Professor Schroeder Van Der Kolk on the Minute Structure and Functions of the Spinal Cord and Medulla Oblongata: And on the Proximate Cause and Ration

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Excerpt from Professor Schroeder Van Der Kolk on the Minute Structure and Functions of the Spinal Cord and Medulla Oblongata: And on the Proximate Cause and Rational Treatment of Epilepsy In completing the task confided to me by the Council of the New Sydenham Society, I think it necessary to explain that the following pages do not consist of mere translations of the Essay of Professor Schroeder van der Kolk on the Spinal Cord, originally published by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Amsterdam, in 1854, and of his Treatise upon the Medulla Oblongata and Epilepsy, published by the same learned body in 1858. The distinguished author has kindly sent me so large an amount of additional matter, together with alterations of two or three portions of the original, in reference to which his views have undergone some modification, that the present must be considered as a second edition of the above important works, enlarged and carefully revised by their author. Under his direction, the appendix to the Dutch edition of the Essay on the Spinal Cord has been interwoven with the text. A German translation by Professor Theile, of Weimar, will shortly he published, in which the two works have been thrown yet more completely into one. The Council of the New Sydenham Society has, however, determined, that while both treatises shall be published in one volume, with a common index, they shall in other respects he kept distinct. There is probably no part of the human body, which is more highly calculated to excite our admiration of the infinite skill displayed in its construction, than the nervous system, nor is there any portion of the Creator's work where the adequate adaptation of means to end, is more wonderfully shown, than in the mechanism by which the coordination of movements is provided for. To the elucidation of this mechanism the present volume contains some valuable contributions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.