Entry Nos. 1200–1299

1765 CE

#1250

Essay on the use of the ganglions of the nerves.

See also his supplementary papers on the subject, in Phil. Trans., (1767), 1768, 57, 118-31; (1770), 1771, 60, 30-35. Revised edition in book form, Shrewsbury, 1771.

1765 CE

#1251

Pars quinti nervorum encephali disquisitio anatomica.

The “Gasserian ganglion”, already described by Santorini and others, was named after Johann Ludwig Gasser (fl. 1757-65), Professor of Anatomy at Vienna, by his pupil Hirsch. Also published in Ludwig, C. F.…

1777 CE

#1252

Observationes anatomicae de quinto pare nervorum encephali.

Wrisberg, Professor of Anatomy at Göttingen, is remembered for his discovery of the nervus intermedius (“nerve of Wrisberg”), described in the above treatise.

1794 CE

#1253

Tabulae nevrologicae, ad illustrandum historiam anatomicam cardiacorum nervorum, noni nervorum cerebri, glossopharyngaei et pharyngaei ex octavo cerebri.

This elegantly illustrated anatomical atlas is regarded as Scarpa’s greatest work. The result of 20 years of research, it includes the first proper delineation of the glossopharyngeal, vagus, hypoglossal, and ca…

1811 CE

#1254

Idea of a new anatomy of the brain.

Contains first reference to experimental work on the motor functions of the ventral spinal nerve-roots, without, however, establishing the sensory functions of the dorsal roots. This very rare privately printed pamphl…

1821 CE

#1255

On the nerves; giving an account of some experiments on their structure and functions, which lead to a new arrangement of the system.

“Bell’s palsy”. The facial paralysis ensuing upon lesion of the motor nerve of the face is described here for the first time. See also his later paper, with more detailed description, in the same jou…

1822 CE

#1256

Expériences sur les fonctions des racines des nerfs rachidiens.

Magendie definitely discovered that the anterior root is motor and that the dorsal root is sensory, although Romberg, Flourens, Sherrington, and others credited the discovery to Charles Bell. In this paper Magendie an…

1826 CE

#1257

Zur vergleichenden Physiologie des Gesichtssinnes des Menschen und der Thiere.

Includes Müller’s law of specific nerve energies. For an English translation, see his Elements of physiology, transl. W. Baly, London, 1838, vol. 1, pp. 766-67. Includes (p. 73) his explanation of the color…

1830 CE

#1258

The nervous system of the human body. [2nd ed.]

Records Bell’s demonstration that the fifth cranial nerve has a sensory-motor function, his discovery of “Bell’s nerve” and the motor nerve of the face, lesion of which causes facial paralysis …

1831 CE

#1259

Bestätigung des Bell’schen Lehrsatzes, das die doppelten Wurzeln der Rückenmarksnerven verschiedene Fuctionen haben, durch neue und Entscheidende Experimente.

Experimental proof of the Bell-Magendie law (see Nos. 1254 & 1256) of the spinal nerve roots.

1836 CE

#1260

Vorläufige Mittheilungen microscopischer Beobachtungen über den inner Bau der Cerebrospinalnerven und über die Entwickelung ihrer Formelemente.

Remak identified for the first time the myelinated fiber with its central “band of Remak” (the axon), and the unmyelinated axon or “fiber of Remak.” Fuller account in his Observationes anatomic…

1837 CE

#1261

Beitrag zur mikroskopischen Anatomie der Nerven.

1838 CE

#1262

Observationes anatomicae et microscopicae de systematis nervosi structura.

See No. 1260.

1840 CE

#1263

Nuovi organi scoperti nel corpo humano.

“Pacini’s corpuscles”, end organs of sensory nerves, earlier described by Vater in 1717.

1844 CE

#1264

Recherches expérimentales sur les fonctions du nerf spinal, étudié spécialement dans ses rapports avec le pneumogastrique.

1850 CE

#1265

Vorläufiger Bericht über die Fortpflanzungsgeschwindigkeit der Nervenreizung.

Helmholtz succeeded in measuring the velocity of the nervous impulse, by applying the knowledge and techniques of ballistics to the problem. In 1852, using a pendulum-myograph of his own invention, he measured the dur…

1850 CE

#1266

Experiments on the section of the glossopharyngeal and hypoglossal nerves of the frog, and observations of the alterations produced thereby in the structure of their primitive fibres.

The “law of Wallerian degeneration”. The experiments recorded in the above paper were the starting-point of the neuron theory. Waller showed that if glosso-pharyngeal and hypoglossal nerves are severed, th…

1851 CE

#1267

Recherches sur la système nerveux.

1854 CE

#1268

Ueber eine im Gehirn und Rückenmark des Menschen aufgefundene Substanz mit der chemischen Reaction der Cellulose.

Discovery of the neuroglia.

1862 CE

#1269

Ueber die peripherischen Endorgane der motorischen Nerven.

Kühne described the neuromuscular end organ (“Kühne’s spindle”) and introduced the term “telolemma” for the outer covering of its sheath.

1863 CE

#1270

Die Muskelspindeln. Ein Beitrag zur Lehre von der Entwickelung der Muskeln und Nervenfasem.

The best early description of proprioceptive receptors in muscles.

1865 CE

#1271

Untersuchungen über Gehirn und Rückenmark des Menschen und der Säugethiere. Nach dem Tode des Verfassers Herausgegeben und Bevortwortet von Max Schultze.

Deiters showed that each nerve-cell possesses an axis-cylinder or nerve-fiber process. His name is perpetuated in “Deiters’ cells” and “nucleus”. Dieters died of typhus in 1863 at the age…

1869 CE

#1272

On the changes in the nervous system which follow the amputation of limbs.

Demonstration that the proximal end of a severed nerve eventually atrophies.

1871 CE

#1273

Untersuchungen über den Erregungsvorgang im Nerven- und Muskelsysteme.

1877 CE

#1274

Ueber die Ermüdung und Erholung der Nerven.

After successfully tetanizing a nerve-muscle preparation, Bernstein inferred, from this and additional data, that nerve is exhausted in the process. This conflicted with the findings of Bowditch (No. 1281-82) and Vved…

1878 CE

#1276

Leçons sur l’histologie du système nerveux. 2 vols.

Includes his description of the “nodes of Ranvier”, interruptions of the medullary nerve sheaths.

1880 CE

#1277

Sulla struttura delle fibre nervosa midollate periferiche e centrali.

“Golgi cells” first described.

1880 CE

#1278

Studien über mechanische Nervenreizung.

Contains important work on the effects of mechanical stimulation of nerve.

1883 CE

#1279

On the influence of the galvanic current on the excitability of the motor nerves of man.

1884 CE

#1280

Wie rasch ermüdet der Nerv?

Although Bernstein considered that nerve could be exhausted, Vvedenskii was able, in this paper, to show that such is not the case. Further proof was supplied by Bowditch (No. 1281). Digital facsimile of Vvedenskii's …

1885 CE

#1281

Note on the nature of nerve-force.

1890 CE

#1282

Ueber den Nachweis der Unermüdlichkeit des Säugethiernerven.

Bowditch demonstrated the indefatigability of nerve (“Bowditch’s law”).

1885 CE

#1283

Sulle degenerazioni descendenti consecutive a lesioni sperimentale in diverse zone della corteccia cerebrale.

Marchi’s stain, osmic acid, for degenerating myelin sheaths.

1890 CE

#1284

Photographic determination of the time-relations of the changes which take place in muscle during the period of so-called ‘latent stimulation.’

Measurement by means of photography, of the speed of the nervous impulse.

1892 CE

#1286

Ueber die Veranderungen der Ganglienzellen am Fascialiskern des Kaninchens nach Ausreissung der Nerven.

1892 CE

#1287

Nuevo concepto de la histologia de los centros nerviosos.

Ramón y Cajal, son of a struggling Aragonese doctor, lived to become one of the greatest of all histologists. He devised many staining methods for nervous tissue and did work of fundamental importance to neuroa…

1892 CE

#1288

Notes on the arrangement of some motor fibres in the lumbo-sacral plexus.

An analysis of the distribution of the ventral nerve roots. Sherrington showed the association of the lateral horn cells with the sympathetic outflow.

1894 CE

#1289

Beiträge zur Histologie des Nervensystems und der Sinnesorgane.

1894 CE

#1290

On reflex action from sympathetic ganglia.

1894 CE

#1291

Ueber eine neue Untersuchungsmethode des Centralorgans speciell zur Feststellung der Localisation der Nervenzellen.

Nissl’s stain.

1898 CE

#1292

Die sensiblen Nervenendigungen im Herzen und in den Blutgefässen der Säugethiere.

“Dogiel’s end-bulbs” – sensory nerve-endings.

1899 CE

#1293

Ueber den Bau der Ganglien in den Geflechten des Darmes und der Gallenblase des Menschen und der Säugethiere.

Classification of the neurones of spinal and other ganglia.

1901 CE

#1294

On the origin from the spinal cord of the vaso-dilator fibres of the hindlimb, and on the nature of these fibres.

1901 CE

#1295

The Croonian Lectures on the chemical side of nervous activity. Delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London, in June, 1901.

First edition in book form, expanded from the journal publications, London: Bale, 1901. Digital facsimile of the book-form edition from the Internet Archive at this link.

1902 CE

#1296

Die Silberimprägnation der Axencylinder.

Bielschowsky’s method of silver staining of nerve fibers. Further paper in the same journal, 1903, 22, 997-1006.

1903 CE

#1297

The spinal origin of the cervical sympathetic nerve.

Section of the white rami caused retrograde degeneration of the lateral column cells.

1905 CE

#1298

The afferent nervous system from a new aspect.

This paper opened up a new field in the study of the sensory functions of the skin, and the theories put forward in it dominated neurological thought until 1940.

1905 CE

#1299

The consequences of injury to the peripheral nerves in man.