The magnetic organization of the human system, and its application to the cure of chronic diseases / abridged from the works of the late Henry Hall Sherwood by H.H. Sherwood's successor William Larned.

  • Sherwood, H. H. (Henry Hall)
Date:
1850
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Credit: The magnetic organization of the human system, and its application to the cure of chronic diseases / abridged from the works of the late Henry Hall Sherwood by H.H. Sherwood's successor William Larned. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to put in motion this apparently complicated yet really simple ma ohinery. This structure, arrangement, and order of the different parts ot ino human hody, were well known to Malpighi, Ruysch, Haller, Hunter, and Bichat and are recognized by every anatomist of the present age. and now present to our view a galvanic battery altogether superior to any thing ever made by man. The cut, fig. 1., gives a general view of the nerves of the limbs, of t!io spinal cord, and of the connection of the spinal nerves, all of which are well known to he good conductors of galvanic forces. Fig. 1. A back view of the spinal nerves connected with the organs and limbs, and with the brain ♦brough the spinal cord. Also, a view of a perpendicular section of the back part of the brain. A. Cerebrum. B. Cerebellum. After this brief general view of the motive forces of the human system, showing their nature and connection first with the spinal cord, and from thence to the brain, Dr. Sherwood proceeds to demonstrate, by a careful and minute dissection of its structure, the regular magnetic organization of the brain itself, and to point out the position of its mag netie poles. This part of the subject he has illustrated by numerous plates, which our limits will not allow us to insert. The result of his