John Newport Langley Quote

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.


'On the Union of Cranial Autonomic (Visceral) Fibres with the Nerve Cells of the Superior Cervical Ganglion', The Journal of Physiology, 1898–99


I propose to substitute the word 'autonomic' The word implies a certain degree of independent action, but exercised under control of a higher power....

I propose to substitute the word 'autonomic' The word implies a certain degree of independent action, but exercised under control of a higher power....

I propose to substitute the word 'autonomic' The word implies a certain degree of independent action, but exercised under control of a higher power....

I propose to substitute the word 'autonomic' The word implies a certain degree of independent action, but exercised under control of a higher power....