Zachary L S, Dellon E S, Nicholas E M, Dellon A L
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Chicago School of Medicine.
J Reconstr Microsurg. 1993 Mar;9(2):131-8. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1006661.
In 1779, Felice Fontana, using a six-power hand-held magnifying lens, described what appeared to be spiral bands surrounding the peripheral nerve. He hypothesized that these bands were due to an optical illusion related to the underlying undulations of the individual nerve fibers, which he was the first to observe with an early microscope. The present study examines the historical basis of Fontana's work, confirms with intrafascicular dissection that the bands are an illusion created by unstretched nerve fibers, and relates their clinical disappearance to current concepts of the pathophysiology of chronic nerve compression and nerve injury.
1779年，费利切·丰塔纳使用一个六倍手持放大镜，描述了围绕周围神经出现的螺旋状带。他推测这些带是由于与单个神经纤维潜在波动相关的光学错觉造成的，他是第一个用早期显微镜观察到这些波动的人。本研究考察了丰塔纳工作的历史基础，通过束内解剖证实这些带是未伸展的神经纤维产生的错觉，并将它们在临床上的消失与慢性神经压迫和神经损伤的病理生理学当前概念联系起来。
