Materials on the autonomic nervous system, including lecture notes, notes on the International Congress in Zurich, 1938, and a review and criticism of a current physiological theory.

Contains Babkin's lecture notes, correspondence, citations, manuscripts and typescripts, as well as miscellaneous reprints and manuscripts sent to him by colleagues. All notes, manuscripts and typescripts are Babkin's, unless otherwise indicated.

Notes in manuscript pencil.

Most of the citations refer to works on gastric secretions, gastric juices, and uric acid, many of the articles cited are written between 1892 and 1908.

Lectures contains physiology of the autonomic nervous system, history of the autonomic and sympathetic nervous system, adrenal glands, parasympathetic nervous system, histamine, enteric system, relation of drugs to the nervous system, autonomic nervous system and skeletal muscles, influence of electrolytes on the function of the autonomic nervous system, local hormones.

Contains: kidney function, theories of renal secretion, Ludwig's theory, absorption, the reaction of urine, functions of the glomeruli, function of the tubules, physiology of micturition.

Materials include letter, typescript and manuscript, and index cards outline lectures.