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The automatic bladder, excessive sweating and some other reflex conditions, in gross injuries of the spinal cord. By Henry Head, MD, FRS and George Riddoch, MD, Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps. (Officer in charge of the Empire Hospital, Vincent Square). Brain 1917; 40: 188–263.
Cambridge
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‘The present War has afforded innumerable opportunities for investigating the phenomena due to gross injuries of the spinal cord ...’. After working independently on the manifestations of total transverse section and the explanation for excess sweating as a sequel to spinal cord injury, respectively, Dr Head and Captain Riddoch (Figs 1 and 2) now realize that, in also studying the functional capacity of the automatic bladder, they are looking at different aspects of the same problem; and so they join forces. Based at the London Hospital and the Empire Hospital for Officers, they propose a physiological explanation for the clinical observations made by Dr Riddoch (see Brain 1917; 40: 264–402 and 2004; 129: 2150); and offer a general explanation for the remarkable behaviour of the distal end of the severed spinal cord. They acknowledge the invaluable work of the Cambridge school of physiology (John Langley, [Sir] Hugh Anderson