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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 446 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=25mm, Gew.=649gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: VIII.?Recent Studies in Nerve Histology.1 The following dedication informs us to whose rare liberality and public spirit the scientific world is indebted for the magnificent publication before us. " To the highborn Lord Carl Baltzar Ernst, Count Von Platen, by whose noble aid they were enabled to publish the result of their observations in a manner worthy of the subject, the authors respectfully and thankfully dedicate this work." This single volume before us would, of itself, be a lasting monument to the liberality of this nobleman, but it is only the first half of a work, which when completed, will stand as a model of deep and exhaustive research. The portion of the work as yet published consists of a folio volume of 220 pages of text, accompanied by 39 interleaved lithograph plates of the same size, both coloured and plain. From the preface we find that the investigations here recorded, were commenced in the year 1869. A desire to clear up the question of the connection between the under surface of the arachnoid membrane and the upper surface of the serous investment of the brain and the spinal cord, afforded the prime motive for these investigations. Commencing with an examination of the anatomy of the subarachnoid space, it was found by the investigators that the further they went the further they were tempted, nay compelled, to go, one point leading to another; one conclusion giving rise to another question, with an ever-widening circle of investigation before them. Thus, for example, the authors found on injection of the sub- arachnoid cavity that unsuspected communications, and therefore previously unexplored fields of research were, one after another, brought into view. To give one instance of a point satisfactorily solved, and which arose fortuitousl...<