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Lect 5

them to give off nervous Filaments. A French
Author thought from their Appearance after Amputation
that anglions were owing to Pressure & Inflammation
but we must allow that natural Ganglions are very dif=
ferent because in many places they lie out of reach
of ressure. Also in a young Fetus Ganglions appear
to be regularly formed, it does not appear, that the true
Nature & Use of ganglions are Yet Understood. The Term=
ination of Nerves is little understood in Comparison
with that of the Arteries & Veins because the latter may
be injected, but nerves cannot. Allowing them to be Instru=
mentsof Sensation we may conclude then, that they term=
inate in every part of the Body, however minute. It is a
common Opinion that nerves, before they terminate, drop
their Coats & end in a soft pulpy Substance they give no
Proof of this otherwise than reasoning from Analogy, but it
appears from Dissection of Nerves, that this is not really
the Case --
Of the Use of Nerves ^{turn to the [?] one page forward}
They are found to be the Instruments of Communication
between the Mind , the actuation Principle & the corporeal
Substance. The Mind receives by them its Information of
what is transacted in the Body & likewise Sensations from
external Objects; & they are the Rulers & Managers of muscu=
lar motion carrying the Influence of the Mind & producing