Synopsis of the diastaltic nervous system / By Marshall Hall.

  • Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.
Date:
[1850?]
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Credit: Synopsis of the diastaltic nervous system / By Marshall Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    The term Diastaltic, employed throughout this volume, was the happy suggestion of my friend, Mr. Hoblyn, as congeneric with peristaltic. The compounds of 0S0? are too plain and simple to create any difficulty. Both are approved of by the Rev. Dr. Donaldson, the learned author of '■The New Cratylus.’ The entire and absolute Distinctness of the Spinal Centre, and of the Sphial System, from every other part of the Nervous System; the exist- ence, in Anatomy and Physiology, of a continuous Diastaltic Nervous Arc, —including an Esodic nerve, the Spinal Centre, and an Exodic nerve, in essential relation and connection with each other,—and of a series of such Arcs,—with their demonstrated special Principle of Action, and their special Office in AU the functions of Ingestion, Retention, Egestion, and Exclusion in the Animal (Economy, and, above all, in the vital function of Respiration, and, associated with peristaltic action, in Deglutition and Parturition ; the application of all this to Obstetrics, to Pathology, to Dia- gnosis, to Therapeutics ;—such are the objects of which I propose to give a glimpse in this little volume—such my Discovery—such the results of my persevering labours. The Spinal or Diastaltic System is the Seat, originally or secondarily, of All Spasmodic or Convulsive Affections. Disease of the encephalon may induce such affections by contact and irritation, or, though distant, by counter-pressure, affecting the spinal system. But, ultimately, all spasm is of this system. On the other hand, spasmodic or convulsive disease may, in its turn, become Epileptoid,—may affect the cerebrum—may induce oblivium, loss of consciousness, falling, delirium, coma, paralysis. This