Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-04-17
CHAPTER | V.

was seated in my office, endeavoringto
arrange my thoughts for the purpose of lee
turing to my class, during the afternoon,
upon the physiology OF the brain. The de-
monstrator OF anatomy had just announced
to me that subject for that purpose was at
my disposal. Before had completed my
preparation, DR.. Edward Lalor stood before
me. After the usual greeting at 50 unex-
pected meeting, ! inquired how he had
succeeded in his efforts to restore the rea-
son of her whom he would make his wife.
81 have not seen her since l saw you
last. Before had returned from Philadel
phia she had escaped and / have now
travelled over nearly the whole country
without discovering one trace of her. /
have given up the search as hopeless, and
am ready to lay down now any hour the
life which has been rendered miserable be-
yond remedy by one fatal error. Willing
ly, oh how willingly, would | exchange
it, at this hour, but for one look into the
bright eye Of her they called 'Crazy Ma
ry.'"
"Crazy Mary, did you say 2"
"Yes; did you ever hear the name be-
fore 2"
81 did, and stood by her death-bed."
"For Gods sake, tell me where" and
he leaped from his seat in his eagerness, as
; il he would grasp with his hands the nior-
nation he desired TO obtain.
; 81 will, if you will first deliver to my
class, this evening, the opening lecture on
the physiology of the brain. There is a
, subject on the table for YOU"
' He consented to do this; and prepared
S myself TO enjoy rich intellectual feast, fol
| he was an eloquent speaker and few mer
D could treat the subject to which he had de-
voted SO much attention with power equa
Y TO his.
The lecture hour came round, and, hav
t ing conducted him into the amphitheatre,
took my seat among the students, in orde
r the better TO hear him. He spoke of tn,
= brain as the organ through which mind i
o manifested as the seat of the soul as tn
h connecting link between mortality and I'm
n mortality of the importance OF studyin
J. we'll its physiology, if we would treat IN
e derStandingly its arrangements. Sand oh !.
e said he, "it you yet think lightly of thi
't study, suppose one dear, very dear to yor
,r suddenly deprived of reason; the mind o
!" 'sea Of dreams bewildered tossed. Upo
1t the knowledge which you now aquire wi
le depend, your power over such malady
How would you not apply yourselves
Ks accomplish such purpose? Would yo
Ip not do so daily, and all the day, an
e, through the long night watches, even III
at til the breaking of morning week
lie months, ay, years, and until your own rel
a. son tottered upon its throne from the ver
ar excess OF your application If, then, SUI
mt cess should crown your efforts, this wor
mt could afford you no greater happiness
k Even without this consideration, as educ
ted physicians, you owe it as a duty to Il
'p, community in which you may locate you
. selves, to qualify yourselves in the ve
best manner for your important trust, al
elt the more so, since hitherto these diseas
ie- have been SO strangely neglected. You
led is mission of mercy, and, while the mt
eft senger of death precedes you, spreading
of sable wing over the hearth of men, y
iu- must follow him, bringing light and /
we and Joy into his path, and hope and hap
ith ness where despair and darkness dwelt.
ley That you may thoroughly understand
a ] nature and structure of this important
oor gan, the brain, we will proceed at once
llk- examine that of the subject before u.s."
low The malet, and the saw, and the chi'
were on the table, and as he took the SC
she pei in his hand, with which to divide
integuments before the calvarlum could