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The autonomic nervous system.

Publication Details

Cambridge, England: W. Heffer, 1921 CE.

Langley divided the autonomic nervous system into (1) the orthosympathetic, and (2) the parasympathetic; he defined it as an efferent system.

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Entry Number#1332
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1426
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLthe-autonomic-nervous-system

Geographic Context

Publication place: Cambridge, England