Unpublished paper, 'On the changes in movement and sensation produced by hemisection of the spinal cord in the cat' by Charles Devereux Marshall

Description

Marshall undertakes research in order to determine more exactly the nature and origin of 'epileptiform convulsions' and the paths in the spinal cord by which both afferent and efferent impulses are transmitted. In 16 experiments, hemisection of the spinal cord is performed in the lower dorsa region on the right side, the animals being anaesthetized with ether and strict antiseptic precautions being observed. The animals are kept alive for different periods of time after the operation, and the effects produced on the voluntary movements and reflexes are noted. After death, the spinal cords are at once removed, laminated, hardened and stained using Marchi's method. The lesion and the tracts of degeneration are investigated by microscopic examination.

Subject: Physiology / Neuroscience

Received 31 January 1895. Read 21 March 1895. Communicated by Victor Horsley.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 57 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the changes in movement and sensation produced by hemisection of the spinal cord in the cat'.

Reference number

AP/71/5

Earliest possible date

1895

Physical description

Ink on paper

Page extent

71 pages

Format

Typescript