The Autonomic Control of the Heart, Lungs, and Bronchi
Authors: H. L. Alexander
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 February 1933The Autonomic Control of the Heart, Lungs, and BronchiH. L. ALEXANDER, M.D.H. L. ALEXANDER, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-8-1033 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn this presentation, the control of the heart, lungs, and bronchi by the autonomic nervous system will be considered from the clinical viewpoint. To accomplish this, it would seem permissible and, indeed, necessary to review briefly the development of the clinical conception of the subject.HISTORICALPrior to 1909, although anatomical and physiological investigations on the autonomic nervous system had progressed far, there had been only occasional reference to the possible application of this knowledge to clinical medicine.1,2,3,4,5Higier6contends that clinicians were slow to grasp the significance of the autonomic nervous system because injury to parts of its structural...References1 NOTHNAGEL H: Angina Pectoris vasomotoria, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1867, iii, 309. Google Scholar2 CURSCHMANN H: Über vasomotorische Krampfzustände bei echter Angina Pectoris, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1906, xxxii, 1527-1531. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 HERRING E: Die Functionsprüfung der Herzvagi beim Menschen, Münch. med. Wchnschr., 1910, lvii, 1931. Google Scholar4 BEER T: Über den Einfluss der peripheren Vagusreizung auf die Lunge, Arch. f. 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CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: St. Louis, Missouri*Read before the American College of Physicians, San Francisco, California, April 8, 1932.†From the Department of Medicine, Washington University Medical School, and Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFluorescent localization of catecholamine stores in the rat lungVegetatives SystemA PHYSIOLOGIC EVALUATION OF VAGUS SECTION FOR BRONCHIAL ASTHMA 1 February 1933Volume 6, Issue 8Page: 1033-1043KeywordsAutonomic nervous systemBronchiHand strengthHeartHospital medicineLungs ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...