Note 99 — Chapter III · NEURILITY.
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“I have raised and stretched the thick orbital nerve of horses on the handle of a scalpel, like a string on the bridge of a violin, without exciting the least sensation; but as soon as mechanical or chemical irritation had given rise to inflammation of the nerve a gentle touch caused violent pain.”—Romberg, Nervous Diseases (translated for the Sydenham Society), I. 10.