AbstractsBiology & Animal Science
an Experimental Study of a Method of Producing Chronic Remote Vagal Stimulation by Radiofrequency with Particular Interest in the Effects on Gastric Secretion.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Experimental Surgery. |
| Degree: | MS. |
| Year: | 1952 |
| Keywords: | Experimental Surgery.; |
| Record ID: | 1525738 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile108635.pdf |
Abstract
The electric excitability of nerves has been known since 1780-83 when Galvani(48,29) and his coworkers first applied electric sparks to exposed nerves and muscles. Since then many famous investigators have devised new or improved means of conducting a known current to a definite nerve for a prescribed period of time. The problem has always been to control the action of the nerve over a flexible period of time and to attempt to evaluate the changes caused by its action. [...]
