CHAPTER II. The General Organization of the Visceral

THE GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF THE VISCERAL NERVES CONCERNED IN EMOTIONS

The outlying neurones--The three divisions of the outlying neurones--The extensive distribution of neurones of the “sympathetic” or thoracico-lumbar division and their arrangement for diffuse action--The arrangement of neurones of the cranial and sacral divisions for specific action--The cranial division a conserver of bodily resources--The sacral division a group of mechanisms for emptying--The sympathetic division antagonistic to both the cranial and the sacral--Neurones of the sympathetic division and adrenal secretion have the same action 22-39