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Flatau's law

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A law concerning the eccentric position of the long spinal tracts: The greater the length of the fibres in the spinal cord the closer they are situated to the periphery.

See also Auerbach's law, under Siegmund Auerbach.

Bibliography

  • E. Flatau:
    Das Gesetz der excentrischen Lagerung der langen Bahnen im Rückenmark.
    Zeitschrift fur klinische Medizin. 1897. T. XXXIII. 1–2. Pages 55—152.

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