Cross stitching of nerves

Abstract

The question of the cross-linking of nerves of various functions has long occupied both physiologists and surgeons. The collapse of this question, according to Bidder's apt expression, could not be considered idle curiosity, but should have illuminated a number of important issues, for example, is the nerve an active or passive conductor.
The first work on this issue, Flourens'a, dates back to 1827; he stitched the central end of the 5th cervical nerve with a peripheral segment of the n-vi vagi.

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