Technic and Practice of ChiropracticLoban, Joy Maxwell
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Technic and Practice of Chiropractic
Loban, Joy Maxwell
Chiropractic
_Eye and Muscles_, _Retina_, _Optic Nerve_: The external muscles of
the eye, the four recti and two oblique with the levator palpebrae
superioris, are innervated by the Oculomotor, or third cranial, and the
fourth and sixth cranial, which receive branches from the cavernous
plexus of the sympathetic derived from the internal carotid branch
of the superior cervical ganglion. As the ganglion lies in front of
the transverse processes of the second, third, and fourth cervical
vertebrae, direct impingement upon it by subluxation of one of these
vertebrae may cause strabismus or other affection of the external
ocular muscles.
The eye-ball receives filaments from the ciliary or ophthalmic
ganglion, which in turn is connected with the cervical ganglion by way
of cavernous plexus and internal carotid nerve. This pathway controls
the radial fibres of the iris and dilates the pupil as a part of the
light accommodation reflex mechanism. Loss of pupillary reaction,
especially with small pupils, suggests upper cervical subluxation.
The retina, containing the cells of origin of the optic nerve axons and
being the special end-organ of the sense of sight has no direct spinal
or sympathetic connections but its blood-supply, and therefore its
nutrition, is influenced by branches from the sympathetic which enter
with the central artery of the retina. Retinal hemorrhage has been
cured by cervical adjustment, C 2, 3, or 4.
The conjunctiva is innervated by the sympathetic and by the fifth
cranial, or trigeminal.
_Olfactory Nerve_: Nerve of smell, distributed to the Schneiderian
membrane over the upper portion of the nasal septum and over the upper
lateral wall. There is no known connection by which the trunk of the
olfactory nerve can be reached by adjustment but the condition of the
special end organs in the membrane and their ability to functionate
depend not only upon the integrity of their axons but also upon the
nutrition and moisture of the membrane in which they are embedded.
This is under the control of the Vidian nerve and of branches from the
spheno-palatine, or Meckel’s ganglion, both connected with the carotid
plexus of the sympathetic and therefore responsive to adjustment of
C 2, 3, or 4. This is also the route by which epistaxis is usually
checked.
The external nasal muscles, like those of the rest of the face except
some of the muscles of mastication, get their supply from the facial
nerve, which connects with the sympathetic plexus on the middle
meningeal artery. It may be said parenthetically here that peripheral
facial paralysis (Bell’s palsy) yields to adjustment and proves the
value of this connection. The nasal integument is under the sensor
control of the trigeminal and trophic disturbances may result from its
involvement.
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