Paper, 'On the positon of the vocal cords in quiet respiration in man and on the reflex-tonus of their abductor muscles' by Felix Semon

Description

Semon writes: 'Although the laryngeal phenomena attending the act of respiration in man have not escaped the attention of physiologists and laryngologists, yet investigation on this point has been comparatively limited and nothing like unanimity of views has been obtained. On the contrary, a perusal of the chapters devoted to the description of the mechanism of respiration in the admittedly best and most recent physiological text-books shows that there exists a very remarkable diversity of opinions, not merely on details or on points of secondary importance, but on the very question, whether the larynx plays an active rôle during quiet respiration in man or not.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Note on front reads 'Copy 4/7/90'.

Subject: Physiology

Received 25 May 1890 / 4 July 1890. Read 12 June 1890. Communicated by Victor Horsley.

A version of this paper was published in volume 48 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the positon of the vocal cords in quiet respiration in man and on the reflex-tounus of their abductor muscles'.

Reference number

PP/16/31

Earliest possible date

1890

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

62 pages

Format

Typescript