Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-21

are. ia the Nervous System. three properties GO
| sentiaily o,actcnt-one which rskcfsves ADD
Wills second which sssLs; md third which
hosIs; that the,e three properties diffsr ia their
ssa,. as well as in their tfseis and tia, preeiss
other.
"rho nerves Of the Spinal Marrow. tho ~ed.lia
| sos'ngafs. and the bjumal aud qIadrijumal tuber.
cles alone sreis immediate N uscular Contraction:
the obes OF the brain un u, but do not excite III;
and further, in the spinal marrow itself and in tho
nerves. the parts which srei,s motion not those
which FEEL.
FINALLY, there resides in the Cerebellum pro =.
per,y OF which no ilsa had yet been formed in ply
| solcsy-thai which gives REGULARITY to notion"
TN other respects, each part Of the nervous sys.
tenn plays detefninaie part in ths business Of 10
comot'on. The brain, sc -, directly rxcrrs mus
GUAR contraction; the spinal marrow connects the
partial coutraetons into q general movement; but
inc Cereoellom arranges these common movements
INTO regulated one. walking, running, eyirg,
standing. sc. By the cerebral Iobe., an animal
pcreeves aud Wills Deprive il Of these, and 1t
loses oil Its mental faculties, bu, retains the resu.
lari,y Of its motions. Deprive il Of it's Cerebel.um,
and retains its intellectual faculties but loses oil
power OF regulated motion"
such Is the great fact which stands up above all
Others, IN the book before u.s."
TN hts earlier experiments, Mons +. had con.
Guided mat all the power of PERCEPTION reside, in
thc ioees o. the brain. Indeed, II We take away
from an animal ono Of the lobos IL secs no longer
with the eye on the other eide; take away both
lobes, and II neither sees nor hears. Seeing aud
hearing have them elssry, their seat in these Lobe
AS 10 the other Perceptions, Smell, Taste, sc !
was less easy to settle the question; but an IN.
sonious expeoient removed the diff :u,ty. Monsr
r. adapted the plan Of keeping tho animal alive |
as long rs possioe silot the removal of the cere-
eral lebes:-Now, he found that however long this
DC tand IN some cases II was yearl tho cteature
remained as II asleep, used none Of its sense, did
NOT use ne taste nor smell, longer took food OF
us own accord, uses its touch no Longer: in /
word' u no longer WILLS. nor REMTMBERs, nor |
Iopsk,. Amin iis deprived of tho cerebral lobes, |
men, really loso oil their perceptions, ali their IN
stinctt, ali their intellectual powers"
we would willingly, had wo space, follow the
author through his me,hodcal analysis of the other
phenomenal resulting from The action OF thu nervous
system, and discover with him tho eircumscrLed
band OF the .Msduna Sblsnga. in whiea reside at
once the moving point OF the mechanism of breath
ing aud the central aud vital point of the Nervous
System; It would be in;ereIling to group atound
these fundamental facts the PARTICULAR and the Gu.
rous remr'k' which he has made as To the cause OF
he power which Reptiles posses, of living after
heir hea Is are cut otf-as to determining the con
ditions Indispensable TO the act of uearin.-as 10
the re-uniting Of nerves which have bsen cut-on
the effect OF the operation Of ueplnins--on the
hitherto almost undecided mechanism OF the nova
ments Of the brain, S.. But ous space forbid, us
to do more than to call tho attention OF the learned
70 book which they should read and mediate"