The Croonian Lecture. - On the Rhytm of the Heart of the Frog, and on the Nature of the Action of the Vagus nerve.

Gaskell, Walter Holbrook

Publication Date: 1883

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Phil. Trans. B., 173/3 (1882). - London, Harrison & and Sons, 1883, 4°, pp.993-1033, Figs., 5 Tafeln, feiner Pappband. Frist Edition! Walter Holbrook Gaskell (1847-1914) classical memoir on the muscle and nerves of the heart included a description of "Gaskell's nerves", the accelerator nerves of the heart. He showed that the motor impulses from the nerve ganglia in the sinus venosus influence the heart rhythm but do not originate cardiac movements, which are due to the rhythmic contraction of the heart muscle. This led to the artificial production of "heart-block", the name of which Gaskell based on a expression of Georges John Romanes." Garrison & Morton No. 829.

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• Title: The Croonian Lecture. - On the Rhytm of the Heart of the Frog, and on the Nature of the Action of the Vagus nerve.
• Publication Date: 1883
• Binding: Hardcover
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