The Elementary Nervous System (Classic Reprint)

Bücher

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from The Elementary Nervous SystemThese misunderstandings, for such they are, can be swept away at once and the matter put in its true light when we recognize that our sensations are not located in the peripheral parts. Affected, but in the central nervous system, and within that portion of it known as the cere bral cortex. As long as this organ is intact, sensations may arise, and, though these are usually due to nervous impulses fromthe sensory surfaces, they may be called forth by an internal stimulus as well. Thus it is that a missing arm may be represented by sensations years after it has been severed from the body. With a loss of an appropriate part of the cerebral cortex, however, comes a loss Of sensation that is absolute and final. From this there is no recovery (parker, 1916 b).This modern View of the relation Of sensation to the nervous system was initiated by the anatomists and physiologists of the Renaissance. Thus, Vesalius taught.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.