The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 1876, Vol. 10 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 1876, Vol. 10 He has, as is well known, studied the inflammatory process by observing the effects of injury on various organs which are suficiently transparent to allow the changes which occur to be viewed by trans mitted light. The ex periment which now goes by his name consists in spreading out the tongue of a curarised frog on a plate of glass, which at the same time supports the animal lying on its belly the glass plate is then fastened to the stage of the microscope and the outspread tongue brought into view. The tongue is then pinched, or irritated in some way, and the efl'ect on the vessels is directly observed. Dr Cohnheim has in this way studied the inflammatory process in the web of the frog's foot, and in the We mesentery. The cornea and the membrane nictitans of the frog and the ear of the rabbit were also observed by him with reflected light. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.