Changes in the spinal cord under the influence of compression or ligation of the abdominal aorta

Abstract

In 1667, the work of Nicholas Stenson was published, under the title: “Nicolai Stensonis. Elementorum Myologiae Specimen, seu musculi descriptio geometrica; cui accedunt Canis Carchariae dissectum Caput et dissectus piscis ex canum genere"

In this work, the author describes an interesting phenomenon observed after ligation of the abdominal aorta in an animal that Stenson calls Canis Carcharia. These phenomena consisted in paralysis of the hind limbs, which appeared immediately after the ligation of the aorta ("partium posteriorum omnium motum voluntarium toties cessare"), but with the removal of the ligation, the limbs again got the opportunity to move (sublato vinculo supervixit canis sine ullo motus incommodo).

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