Talk:Auricular branch of vagus nerve

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WTF? Is this true? It sounds highly suspiscious... Thanx 68.39.174.238 21:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe that's the legend but I'm pretty sure cold water in the ear doesn't induce vomiting in most people Scatterkeir 22:48, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Removed the apparently bogus etymology of the term "Alderman's Nerve":

"This name came into being for the following reason: the Alderman of the Anglo-Saxon empire was habitually eating and then putting some cold water in the ear to stimulate this nerve to initiate vomiting. In this way they could empty their stomach quickly and restart eating."

since there is no evidence for this bizarre story. Also, there is no such thing as the "Anglo-Saxon empire", and Anglo-Saxons (aldermen or otherwise) do not have a reputation for habitually inducing vomiting by cold water or other means.

However, "Arnold's nerve" (Cecil Adams had the best explanation on Google) does include an ear-swabbing-causes-coughing reflex in about 4% of the population. It's tied to the throat, and the heart. I do recommend renaming this article "Arnold's Nerve" because it gets more hits on Google. It also has a traced etymology: Friedrich Arnold is the Arnold in question. --205.201.141.146 22:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Named after Friedrich Arnold, German anatomist (1803-1890). Also known as the Alderman's nerve on the belief that stimulating the external auditory canal will stimulate gastric emptying; the Aldermen who ate too much for lunch would wriggle their fingers in the external canal to relieve their epigastric discomfort." source: http://radiopaedia.org/articles/arnolds-nerve-2

Question : any data on the relative percentage of sensory vs motor components in this branch?

This specific nerve will grow in importance as transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) becomes more widely used. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.183.4.6 (talk) 17:48, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I was taught that the eardrum is innervated by a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve and also by this branch of the vagus. Yes? No? If it does supply the eardrum as such, can someone edit the opening part of the article to reflect that, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koryushka (talk • contribs) 06:18, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]