The author reviewed the available literatures up to 1960 dealing with the problem of peripheral innervation of the larynx.
Since the end of the 19th century, numerous observations and thesis have been accumulated on the problem, which is not completely solved even in the present time.
The author divided the problem as follows and discussed in each chapter, viz., bulbar roots of the laryngeal nerves, the recurrent laryngeal nerve and its fibre distribution with respect to the proprioception of the larynx, the superior laryngeal nerve, Galen's loop, vegetative innervation of the larynx and nerve endings in the larynx.
The author suggested that the difference in species can not be too emphasized. It was also suggested that the problem should always be investigated from both anatomical and physiological standpoints.
View full abstract