The laws and mechanics of circulation, with the principle involved in animal movement . eyperform in the mechanics in the abdomen, as well as in the chest,in connection with respiration and circulation, which hasalready been fully considered. Thus, in a case of spinal injurywhich came within my own knowledge, in which the fourthand fifth cervical vertebrae were fractured and displaced soas to crush the cord, producing complete paralysis, withanaesthesia from the clavicles down, a little sensation only beingperceptible about the clavicles, not knowing, indeed, whichportion of the body was in co
The laws and mechanics of circulation, with the principle involved in animal movement . eyperform in the mechanics in the abdomen, as well as in the chest,in connection with respiration and circulation, which hasalready been fully considered. Thus, in a case of spinal injurywhich came within my own knowledge, in which the fourthand fifth cervical vertebrae were fractured and displaced soas to crush the cord, producing complete paralysis, withanaesthesia from the clavicles down, a little sensation only beingperceptible about the clavicles, not knowing, indeed, whichportion of the body was in contact with the bed but by actualsight, as he said, commenting upon it, and deeming it verycurious, the patient living, however, over twenty days, thefollowing facts were ascertained ; notably : 1. Respiration wasdiaphragmatic and labored, shallow, and from 25 to 30 perminute ; pulse, 120 to 130 per minute; polyuria, with completeparalysis of the bladder, the urine having to be drawn every 283 NERVES TO VESSELS AND VISCEBA IN ABDOMEN. /hur pom I/Sntm/Mnir Jl-Mm Z7*Saertithh-ur rnnrt^Sarml Af/rv, fres>S$£nriH. It-em (oectjfftft Yrm Oii^glnvftAaGinUiAiTehtU Fig. 116.—The Abdominal Sympathetic Nerves in Diagram.—Flower. EXTENSIVE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PNEUMOGASTRICS. 239 three or four hours, the patient being made aware of the pass-ing of the instrument by sight only; tendency to diarrhoea,but no sensation about the anus, the patient cognizant, how-ever, when an action of the bowels was expected, directingthe attendant to the circumstance; and when the bed-pan wasplaced under him, presently there would be an action. Occa-sionally he relished food; there was considerable venous stasis inthe systemic capillaries, with tendency to serous effusions in theconnective tissue, the result rather of defective absorption. Helingered twenty-one days, and the post-mortem examinationshowed the nature of the injury to the spinal cord, which wasc
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