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RefNoPP/6/24
Previous numbersPP/38/23
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'The "paralytic" secretion of saliva' by J N [John Newport] Langley
Date1885
DescriptionLangley writes: 'It was shown by Claude Bernard that section of the chorda tympani nerve in the dog, causes, after an interval of about 24 hours, a slow “paralytic” secretion of saliva from the sub-maxillary gland; the secretion continues for several weeks, and is accompanied by a gradual diminution in the size of the gland. Heidenhain confirmed these observations, and he found further that the effect was not confined to the gland on the side of the body on which the nerve had been cut, but extended also to the corresponding gland of the opposite side of the body, so that section of either chorda tympani nerve caused a continuous secretion from both sub-maxillary glands.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physiology

Received 16 March 1885. Read 19 March 1885.

A version of this paper was published in volume 38 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The "paralytic" secretion of saliva'.
Extent13p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1884.0091
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7038Langley; John Newport (1852 - 1925)1852 - 1925
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