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The Inferior Mesenteric Ganglion in Man

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THE inferior mesenteric ganglion has been studied in the cat by A. J. Harris1 and in the rabbit by G. Brown and J. E. Pascoe2; but in man, however, no full description of the anatomy of the ganglion itself has yet appeared.

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  1. Harris, A. J., J. Comp. Neurol., 79, 1 (1943).

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  2. Brown, G., and Pascoe, J. E., J. Physiol., 118, 113(1952).

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SOUTHAM, J. The Inferior Mesenteric Ganglion in Man. Nature 183, 697 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183697a0

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