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The vagus also is directly concerned with the deglutitory act, for swallowing is impossible if both vagi are cut.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

It is a familiar physiologic fact that stimulation of the vagi slows the heart or even stops it.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)