Micturition Reflexes in Man

Barrington (1921), during his investigation of "the reflexes composing reflex micturition" in the cat, found that " active contraction of the bladder " was caused either by distending the bladder " or by slightly moving the catheter in and out in the direction of the urethra ".He found that this reflex contraction of the bladder could be evoked by " withdrawing the catheter a fraction of a centi- metre and then pushing it back to its original