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On Inhibitory Fibres in the Vagus for the end of the Œsophagus and the Stomach

The Journal of PhysiologyPublished 30 December 1898Open access
J. N. Langley
Citations131
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Openchowski found (1883) that dilation of the cardiac orifice in the rabbit could be obtained by stimulating a nerve on the lower portion of the cesophagus, which was formed by the union of strands from the two vagi.

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