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The nerves have been hitherto considered as chords that have no powers of contraction within themselves, but only serving as a medium, by means of which the influence of the brain may be communicated to the muscles, and the impressions made upon the different parts of the body conveyed to the brain.
Everard Home
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Everard Home
Born:
May 6, 1756
Died:
August 31, 1832
(aged 76)
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Sir Everard Home, 1st Baronet FRS was a British surgeon.
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