Experimental researches on the propagation of heat by conduction in bone, brain-tissue and skin / by J.S. Lombard ; communicated by Dr. Brown-Séquard.

  • Lombard, J. S.
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[1882]
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Credit: Experimental researches on the propagation of heat by conduction in bone, brain-tissue and skin / by J.S. Lombard ; communicated by Dr. Brown-Séquard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [From the Proceedings of the Royal Society, No. 221, 1882.] “ Experimental Researches on the Propagation of Heat by Conduction in Bone, Brain-tissue, and Skin.” By J. S. Lombard, M.D., formerly Assistant Professor of Physiology in Harvard University. Communicated by Hr. Brown- Sequard, F.R.S. Received October 1. Read November 17, 1881. Introduction. The question of the precise degree of the conductivity for heat of the tissues lying between the surface of the brain and the outer sur¬ face of the integument is, of course, of the first importance in study¬ ing the possible effects on the exterior of the skin of changes of temperature occurring in the superficial layers of the cerebrum ; and the question of the degree of conductivity of brain-tissue itself is of great importance with reference to the extent to which propagation through the cerebral mass of thermal changes occurring in a single point or tract of the brain may take place. h