It poured out of him like an electric current, a feeling that the muscles and nerves of his fine-drawn body were coiling for action, and that that action would be all that he anticipated.

It was a war of nerves, of stamina, of dogged endurance in which the stupid insistence of the British on their right to their own country became ultimately an unsurmountable obstacle to the Nazis, who were better organized and technically superior.

The agonies of nerves and itching of skin were phenomena which happened somewhere near him, but meant nothing.

The Athenians would have to hold out at Marathon for the time being, although they were reinforced by the full muster of 1, 000 hoplites from the small city of Plataea ; a gesture which did much to steady the nerves of the Athenians, and won unending Athenian gratitude to Plataea.

* Upon studying the optic nerve, Vesalius came to the conclusion that nerves were not hollow.

So it was that, on 25 April 1903, the radial and external cutaneous nerves of Henry Head's arm were severed and sutured.

When coupled with melatonin, 75 % of damaged sciatic nerves were rendered viable.

The idea, supported by the Greek physician Galen, held that nerves were hollow and the movement of spirits through them propelled muscle motion.

Because the nerves were left entirely intact, connecting the brain to a blood supply kept it chemically alive.

During the 1990s there were attempts to monitor " motor evoked potentials ", including " neurogenic motor evoked potentials " recorded from peripheral nerves, following direct electrical stimulation of the spinal cord.

He considered atoms to be the essential body element, and he believed they were vitalized by the pneuma that circulated through the nerves.

Bell ’ s discovery disproved the belief that nerves were either vibrations or spirits.

Six body systems investigated were cardiovascular / cardiopulmonary ( heart, lungs and blood vessels ); renal / endocrine ( kidneys and hormone-secreting organs and glands ); blood ( blood plasma ); immune system ( white blood cells ); musculoskeletal ( muscles and bones ); and neurovestibular ( brains and nerves, eyes and inner ear ).

There was still a great deal of neurological damage remaining which could not be reversed until new treatments were found to regenerate the myelin sheath ( a lipid insulator ) around the nerves.

Additionally, some of the nerves on the left side of her face were damaged during the same incident, and were replaced with artificial nerves.

Functional breast-feeding difficulies arise if the surgeon cut the milk ducts or the major nerves innervating the breast, or if the milk glands were otherwise damaged.

Before Freud's studies on hysteria, people who suffered from physical disabilities that were not caused by any physical impairments, known as hysterical patients, were believed to be malingering, suffering from weak nerves, or just suffering from meaningless disturbances.

His nerves were badly affected by his wartime experiences.

In 1842 he demonstrated that sympathetic nerves were largely made up of medullated fibres arising from sympathetic and spinal ganglia.

The branched skin cells resembling neuron, described in his paper entitled “ On the nerves of the human skin ”, remained an enigma for over a century before their immunological function and significance were recognised.

The silence was getting on Alec's nerves.

* Margaret Wade-a freckled, red-haired, bespectacled know-it-all whose cloying and self-important demeanor is always getting on Dennis ’ s nerves.

Though well-meaning, she is rather rude and ill-tempered, frequently getting on Brian and Charlie's nerves, especially when she loses the key to the cupboard where their stolen money is hidden despite the fact there is no need for it since Charlie breaks the handle off the cupboard.

A number of previous stories by Barks presented Scrooge's way of life as rather stressful but this is the first story where this seems to be getting on his nerves.

The practice soon became such a ritual that by 1991 had become a " pop-culture stamp of approval "— one that Hall said had become " so popular it's getting on people's nerves.

Then Bera used to answer that Yngvi was much better for a woman than Alf, an answer that was getting on Alf's nerves.

# The Bugmeister-Roger is kicked out by Ruth, and comes to stay with Lisa, soon getting on her nerves ; Heather befriends an insect expert with a secret ; and Morris takes charge in investigating a plague of mosquitoes who seem very specific in their targets.

She disrupts the Street with her loud music and she's always smoking and getting on everybody's nerves.

However, there is little evidence that these permanent interventions alter the pain symptoms of the affected patients and in addition to the normal risks of surgery, such as bleeding and infection, sympathectomy has several specific risks, such as adverse changes in how nerves function.

While outcomes are generally good, certain factors can contribute to poorer results that have little to do with nerves, anatomy, or surgery type.

Ritchie's record producer and manager, Bob Keane ( Pantoliano ), helps him by giving him a little vodka to calm his nerves during the flight to Philadelphia for the Bandstand appearance.

He has nerves of steel and thews of whipcord ", even if " he's starting to look a little older.

" and quite possibly the most important of them all, Ohno resembles a small, female child in size and demeanor with the " mother hen " personality of a bossy little sister that can often get on the nerves of Rob and the others.

The film series also has another character, ' Dynamite Harry ', as the little brother of Benny Frandsen, which is also featured on the Norwegian rendition of the episodes – is the demolition expert ( although his nerves are very easily shaken due to years of having dealt with explosives and alcohol ).

Maintaining mean arterial blood pressures of at least 85 to 90 mmHg using intravenous fluids, transfusion, and vasopressors to ensure adequate blood supply to nerves and prevent damage is another treatment with little evidence of effectiveness.

Additionally, work on the nasal cavity of lambeosaurines shows that olfactory nerves and corresponding sensory tissue were largely outside the portion of the nasal passages in the crest, so the expansion of the crest had little to do with the sense of smell.

Of joining the cast, she commented " I admit I was a little star struck turning up to Ramsay Street and meeting everybody, but they all bent over backwards to help out and settle my nerves.

In October 1942, news comes of the Allied landing in Africa, but rather than producing relief, the bombing outside the factory intensifies, fraying the refugees ' already ragged nerves.

This can include leverage-removal ( tying limbs in positions that decrease the force they can generate ), rope-placement to discourage struggling or to make it less effective by placing one or more loops of rope around the neck and constricting restraint around points on the upper arms where determined struggle put pressure on blood vessels and nerves numbing the extremities.

The slipped disc was eventually touching his nerves which put pressure on his legs and neck.

It can also result in blindness, facial paralysis, and deafness, due to the increased pressure put on the nerves by the extra bone.

At the time, they both put it down to nerves ; she was due to have an operation to increase the couple's chances of having another child.

Massive amounts of clinical experience may be required to accurately interpret the data received from testing, and misreading the results may put the patient at serious risk of developing further damage or creating a problem in otherwise healthy facial nerves.

* Managereal: The Annual Inter B-School Event is an initiative taken to put the knowledge, skills and nerves of tomorrow ’ s managers to test.

Claus Leggewie criticized her very strongly for " running over " ("... überrollt hat ") any resistance against " her " monument and for leaving all those who put forward " professionally, pedagogically and aesthetically sound arguments " against her monumental project bereft of nerves, voice, reputation and good faith.