Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-11-24

drop OF water, with 3 spasm that couvnises the
whole frame: and vet, left to itself and It's
proper Office, the intermission Of air alone
nothing can be 80 quiet. 1t does not even make
itself felt q man does not know ne mas a
trraehea.o This capacity OF perceiving with
such acuteness this Impotence OF the ~efsnses
vet perfect rest and ease when let alone. are
properties. one would have thought, not likely
to reside IN the same subject. II is to the
Junction. however, Of these almost tzeonsistent
qualities, in this, as well as in some other DEL
icate parts Of the body, that We owe orr safety
and our comfort-our safety 10 their ssnslbili-
ity, our comfort to their repose.
Another Of the examples sddueed by Bell is
that OF the heart. The famous DR.. Harvey ex-
amined. At tbs request Of Charles l., q noble
man Of the Montgomery family who, in eonse-
ouence u an sbcess. had a hstulOus opening
into the chest, through which the heart could
be seen aud handled. The great Psychologist
was astonished to End it insensible. l then
brought him. be says, to the king, that be
might perceive, as l did, that unless when be
| touched the outer skin, OF when we saw our
6nger An the cavity, this young nohlemsn knew
moi that we touched the heart. Yet Il IL to
the heart that we refer our joys, our sorrowsi
and our affections we speak Of a good-hearted
ana a bad-hearted, a tTue-hearted aud a heart
less man.
Shielded from physical violence by an out
work Of bones, it is not invested with sensations
which could have attributed nothing TO tie pre-
servation. but while Il can be grasped by the
fingers, and give no intimation OF TIE feet 20
It's possessor, Il Enthusiastically RESPONDS 70 pus
varied questions OF the mind, and, BY genera
consent Of mankind, is pronounced the sea- u
our pleasures, griefs, sympatbies. hstreds, ana
love. Persons have frequently dropped down
dead from the vehemsnce with which II con-
/. tracts or expands upon the sudden announce
mant Of good or bad neVs-its muscular Walls
being strained too far in in the upward Of
0 downward direction to ENABLE them 70 retuII
: and one Of the purposes which this properly
!, OF the heart is probably designed to suoser's
is. TO nut a check upon the passions through
: the alarming physical sensation they excite
. The brain, again, is enclosed IN a oony case
All our bodily sensations are dependent upoi
. the nerves, but even the nerves do not give ris'
to feelings unless they are in connection wiz
; the brain. The nervous ehoTd, which, u
II familiar language, is called the splnai meitOH
ia the channel bV which this communication u
i. kent IN in the major part Of them and whel
= a section Of what may be termed TIE grea
: trunk for the conveyance fOur sensation Is oe
ceased. and BY he breach in its continuity 10
nerves below the disordered part can no longe
send their accustomed intelligence tot the BRAN
the portion Of the body which thus become
; isolated NAV be burned or hacked, and no NOR
i main will result than il il belonged TO a dea
: carcass instead Of a living man.
The brain. therefore, in subordination TO u
mind, is the physical centre OF all sensatlor
It Yet, strange to say, tits itself inssnsible TO ID
a wounds which are torture to the skin, an
which wounds the brain alone enables us I
feel. at is as inseDsihle," says Sir Charie
II Bell, " as tn leather of our shoe, and z pee
may be cut eff without inteTrupting the patieI
. in the sentence be is uttering."
Because the bone which e~nvelops It Is II
protection against injury Fl N without, It ha
e no perception Of them when directed agslH'
its own fabric, though it is at the sane TIN
- the source Of pain which these injuries in1l'
" upen the other portions OF the system. b.
O. the skull is no defense against the effects {
ii intsupersuce, or a vitiated atmosphere, OF
bt a great mental tell. To these, consequently
the same brain which has been created insens
a bic to the cut OF a knife is fully alive, and q
C. diness, Beadache, and apoplsctc oppressioI
give ample notice to stop the evil, unless y
are prepared 10 pay The penalty
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