| RefNo | AP/17/2/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'Observations on the physiology of the nerves of sensation illustrated by a case of paralysis of the fifth pair of nerves' by John Bishop |
| Date | February 1833 |
| Description | Bishop shares his observations on the v-trigeminal cranial nerve and its influence on sight, smell, taste and 'common sensibility'. Includes a case study and details of post-mortem examination in which the patient was found to have a tumour on the optic nerve. There are two diagrams separate to the text. Verso of page 13 has a pencil annotation reading 'Qu. of mind or body?'.
Subject: Physiology / Anatomy
Received 2 February 1833 by John George Children. Communicated by P M [Peter Mark] Roget.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Observations on the physiology of the nerves of sensation, illustrated by a case of paralysis of the fifth pair'. |
| Extent | 22p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0121 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3175 | Children; John George (1777 - 1852); chemist | 1777 - 1852 |
| NA329 | Bishop; John (1797 - 1873) | 1797 - 1873 |
| NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |