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obtained the title of the great sympathetic 

 nerve. 



The vital organs are required to carry 

 oa their functions with a degree of re- 

 gularity and order, under the varying cir- 

 cumstances of life; and the possession of 

 a distinct nerve may enable them to 

 continue their functions without so ma- 

 terially participating in the disturbances 

 of the animal system, as they must other- 

 wise have done : yet the numerous con- 

 nections of the visceral with the animal 

 nerves must render both participators in 

 each other's disorders. 



The nerves, then, may be said to pro- 

 ceed from the brain, medulla spinalis, and 

 visceral nerve, to all parts of the body 

 for their supply. In thus expressing- a 

 fact, however, we should guard against an 

 idea which the analogous distribution of 



