Excerpt from The Medical and Surgical Reporter, Vol. 45: A Weekly Journal; July-December, 1881 In this state, in effect, it suffices to touch a muscle, to compress a nervous trunk, in order to produce contractions in the muscle or groups of muscles under the dependence of the nerve. 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.