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I propose to substitute the word 'autonomic' The word implies a certain degree of independent action, but exercised under control of a higher power. The 'autonomic' nervous system means the nervous system of the glands and of the involuntary muscle; it governs the 'organic' functions of the body.

John Newport Langley

Those who have occasion to enter into the depths of what is oddly, if generously, called the literature of a scientific subject, alone know the difficulty of emerging with an unsoured disposition.

John Newport Langley

John Newport Langley

John Newport Langley

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Born: November 2, 1852

Died: November 5, 1925 (aged 73)

Bio: John Newport Langley was a British physiologist. He spent his entire career at Cambridge University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1883 and later its vice-president.

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