EXPERIMENTS 
IN EXAMINATION OF THE PERIPHERAL DISTRIBUTION OF 
THE FIBRES OF THE POSTERIOR ROOTS OF 
SOME SPINAL NERVES* 
By CHARLES S. SHERRINGTON, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Physiology at 
University College Liverpool 
Table of Contents 
Page 
Introduction . . . . . . . . 50 
Section I. — Distribution of the cutaneous and motor fibres of the several cranial 
ANl) CERVICO-BRACHIAL NERNE-ROOTS ..... 50 
Previous observations ....... 50 
Methods employed . . . . 1 
General remarks . . . . . . 52 
Vth cranial nerve in Monkey .... . 53 
Skin .... . 5..|. 
Tongue . . .... 5.^ 
Gums and inside of cheek . . ... 54. 
Palate ....... 54 
Taste . . . . . . . -55 
Nose . . . . . 55 
Eyes .... . .56 
Remarks . . ... 56 
Skin-field of 1st division of Vth ..... 57 
2nd „ „ .... 58 
3rd „ „ . . . . . 58 
Are rhc fields of the divisions of the Vth separate segmental iickls or not ? . 60 
I'^agus nerve. . . . . ■ . . .62 
XII f/i cranial 7ierve . . . . . . 63 
/// cervical nerve . . . . . . .65 
Skin distribution ...... 66 
Motor distribution . . .... 66 
Ilnd cervical nerve ...... 66 
Skin distribution ....... 66 
Variation . . . . . . . 67 . 
Skin distribution of ventral primary division . . . .68 
Motor distribution ..... 68 
Repr 
from the 'Philosophical Tiansattioiis of tlic R()).il Sotict) ot London.' 
Vol. 190 (189S). 
