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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt:...nature, the phenomena of a large number of nerve wounds seem to make it probable that very soon after leaving the spine the nerves become grouped, as it were, with intention towards their final distribution. In no other way can we explain some of the phenomena which arise out of such cases; but even this resource does not suffice to make clear such a case as the following, nor yet others which I have seen, where, without obvious cause, a compound nerve being hurt, motion was lost and sensation merely enfeebled or preserved entire. In cases of contusion or compression of nerves, the first evidence of injury is usually some effect upon sensory filaments, and the mechanical influence may go very far before causing any notable motor indications, while as regards spasm, a nerv