Author: Sturup, Georg K.
Title: Visceral Pain: Plathysmographic 'Pain-Reactions'; Dilatation of the Oesophagus
Description: Copenhagen/ London, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1940. half-cloth. 23x18cm, 160 pp, Small tear to half-title. Inscribed by author on half-title.. 3 folding plates.. Minor rubbing. Rubberstamp on title-page. Good+. ¶ University of Copenhagen doctoral dissertation. Contents: Introduction; General psychological considerations; Methods available for the investigation of visceral pain; Plethysmographic investigations; Experimental technique; The anatomy of the oesophagus; The motor reaction of the oesophagus to mechanical stimuli and psychic influences; The sensibility of the oesophagus; The cause of sensations of pressure and pain; The concomitant segmental symptoms; The influence of superficial anaesthesia on pains produced from the oesophagus; General remarks on visceral pains.

Keywords: Medical Physiology, Anatomy, Oesophagus, Visceral Pain, Plathysmographic, Psychology, Psycho-Biology, Anaesthesia,