Vegetative Neurology: The Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmaco-Dynamics And Pathology Of The Sympathetic And Autonomic Nervous Systems (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Vegetative Neurology: The Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmaco-Dynamics and Pathology of the Sympathetic and Autonomic Nervous Systems Under the terms animal or somatic nervous system are considered all of those tracts which supply sense organs, or voluntary muscles. On the other hand, all nerve fibers which supply the secretory parts of glands as well as automatically acting organs hav ing a smooth musculature may be considered under the heading sympathetic, or more generally speaking vegetative nervous sys tem. Examples of these latter are the intestines, the genital appa ratus, the pupil, the blood vessels, the ducts of glands and the skin. 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.