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Abstract, 'Experimental researches on the influence of efforts of inspiration on the movements of the heart' by [Charles Edward] Brown-Sequard

Reference number: AP/39/42

Date: 1857

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Brown-Sequard briefly examines the relationship between the heart and lungs. He concludes from his observations that during efforts at inspiration, 'a nervous influence passes along the par vagum from the medulla oblongata to the heart, diminishing the movements of this organ'.

Subject: Physiology

Received 25 June 1857. Communicated by James Paget.

A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Experimental researches on the influence of efforts of inspiration on the movements of the heart'.

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Charles Edward Brown-Sequard, Abstract, 'Experimental researches on the influence of efforts of inspiration on the movements of the heart' by [Charles Edward] Brown-Sequard, 1857, AP/39/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_39_42/abstract-experimental-researches-on-the-influence-of-efforts-of-inspiration-on-the-movements-of-the-heart-by-charles-edward-brown-sequard, accessed on 12 November 2025

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