468 FUNCTIONS OF NERVES. 



that at least one great use of the ganglia of the sympathetic, as of the encephalo- 

 spinal system, may, with still further probability than I urged at page 451. sq. 

 be to reinforce the substance of the nerves ; and the opinion of Gall respecting 

 the use of the pulpy substance of the nervous system, supported by his most 

 powerful arguments, though rejected on the most silly grounds by Dr. Tiede- 

 mann, has acquired more probability than ever. The series appear to be exter- 

 nally abundant bloodvessels, though fewer and fewer inwards ; next granules, 

 probably the nuclei of blood globules ; and, lastly, the fibrous structure, now 

 pronounced to be tubular. 



Seobachtung einer auffallender bisher unerkannten Structur des seelenorgans bei 

 Menschen und Thieren. Von C. G. Ehrenberg. Read Oct. 24. 1833. Abhand- 

 lungen der Ifijniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften xu Berlin, 1 834. 



