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NERVOUS SYSTEM. 27
after. In some of them, the sciatic nerves were rejoined; but in none of
my experiments did the nerves under the incision recover their powers ; yet
the nerves under the incision seemed, at the end of that period, as large In
1
the limb in which the experiment was made, as they were in the sound
limb *.
Whilst these facts seem to prove that the nerves may exist without the
brain, and that they are not to be conhdered, according to the common
idea, as being merely du6ls which convey a ssuid from a gland to distant
parts, they seem also to mow, that there is an energy of the nerves, inde-
pendent of the energy of the brain; and, therefore, lead us to attempt to
prove more fully that the nerves poiTess such an energy, and to discover the
structure on which the posTession of the energy depends.
Here let us begin by dire&ing our attention to the stru&ure of the spi-
nal marrow.
& H A ir»
See Tab. XIV. Fig. 1. 2.
after. In some of them, the sciatic nerves were rejoined; but in none of
my experiments did the nerves under the incision recover their powers ; yet
the nerves under the incision seemed, at the end of that period, as large In
1
the limb in which the experiment was made, as they were in the sound
limb *.
Whilst these facts seem to prove that the nerves may exist without the
brain, and that they are not to be conhdered, according to the common
idea, as being merely du6ls which convey a ssuid from a gland to distant
parts, they seem also to mow, that there is an energy of the nerves, inde-
pendent of the energy of the brain; and, therefore, lead us to attempt to
prove more fully that the nerves poiTess such an energy, and to discover the
structure on which the posTession of the energy depends.
Here let us begin by dire&ing our attention to the stru&ure of the spi-
nal marrow.
& H A ir»
See Tab. XIV. Fig. 1. 2.