2. On the Functions of the Roots of the Spinal Nerves in corroboration of former observations, proving that the anterior roots are nerves of motion, and the posterior nerves of sensation

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The instance produced was a case which had occurred in the Infirmary, in which the anterior roots of the nerves arising from the cauda equina were engaged in a tumour, and the consequence during life, was the loss of muscular power, sensibility remaining unaffected.