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The influence of the sympathetic nervous system in the genesis of the rigidity of striated muscle in a spastic paralysis.

Publication Details

Surg. Gynec. Obstet., 39, 721-43. 1924 CE.

Hunter believed in the sympathetic innervation of skeletal muscle and on this assumption devised the technique of sympathetic ramisection carried out by Royle (No. 4894). Biography by M.J. Blunt, Sydney, 1985.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#4893
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/5878
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External URLthe-influence-of-the-sympathetic-nervous-system-in-the-genesis-of-the-rigidity-of-striated-muscle-in-a-spastic-paralysis

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Sydney