An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

NANSEN, Fridtjof

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The structure and combination of the histological elements of the central nervous system.

Bergens Museum Aarsberetning, 29-214, 1886.

Nansen, better known for his Arctic explorations, was the first to point out that the posterior root fibers divide on entering the spinal cord into ascending and descending branches. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this liink.



Subjects: NEUROSCIENCE › NERVOUS SYSTEM › Spinal Cord