The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-04-01

cannot walk or even stand; is as ia sly
| frightened as before the operation. bat can
not C 'orlinata its movam ants; whereas the
| other, with n@rt of the carebrum renewed
can walk as we'll as ever, but knows moths
! ing, payH no attention to external objects.
such as the motion of The hand or The fire.
ing of pistol. Again it has long been
knnwn by surgeons that fracture of the
skull in the gion of the cerebelum and
! involving its substance, always produces
paral ysis--the patient being unable to walk
| without any chang noticeable in their sex
nal fe .lings, thus proving that the cerebel>
| Ium presides over motion. instead of sexua
| impulse. as Phrennogists claim II more
proof is required, take Majendies experi,
ments. who afer examining and weighing
| the cerehpllu,r.s of large number OF stall
| ions and gellings, found that the cerehclunl
| nl a stallion kept many Years for service
yeiphe M more than that of a galling OF
the same size and aga, thus disprovrng that
the cereb Hum prrsi1es over the animal
| tune ions, increasing in size and weight by
the exercise nf its snppo+el function as is
claimrd 2nd. In the lower part Of the
| frontal non4 above, tbs bridge Of the nose
they locate the organs of individuality and
eventually. NV il so happens that b..
tween the two plates of bone external to
these organs is located the frontal sinus, a
| large cavity communicating with the nasal
cavities, the nhamation OF which lining
membrane produces so much suffering in
cases Of severe c,lds or Il eoryza Now tue
growt', OF these organs would only tcud tu
obterate this frontal SINUS AMI could NOT
in the least Gus prptubcrance ofthe bone
IN front. 3d. Those most familiar with
h lman skulls know that where there is u
protuberance on the out side Of the outer
plate, th,re is never, as rule. a cores
pondMy cavity on the inside Of the inner
plate consequsnrly no d.vel,pn'nt OF
br,in n thar pnint. There are several well
marked cavities inside, it is true, but 35 OF
even dnc >thrd of that number is n Vt To be
founl. 4:h A Uniting the theory true NJ
positive knnwle lg, could ever he ha when
the intermediate tissues between the fingers
Of The ,erator and the brain are so mnlti
Pile anl liable to 80 many changes from va
rinus csaSes.
We have, ISt. tha hair, 2nl skin, 3rd era :
niaI muscles, 4'E. parostenn, 5'h, externl /
platr nf tn. skull, tn. liplo,, 7th, internl'
plate Of the sku'I, 8,l the lurl mater 9th,
the arachnnil membrane AM 10 h the pia
mater NV is it to be supposed by any
i"tellip nj anstomist THAI any development
nf the in iivi lual argiaS cln etnid through
ali these tissues; an what r4 lier' 1t St
more Impossible is the ever vary ng extent
ot the aiploi. III, dirl,c is ths snonsy
space between thu two plate, OF til, skt.l
and is c,asta1tly changing. according to
sge. Therefore If the grsxth OF an organ
even did ca,se a prntu5eranca of the inner
pll,e. it w,uli only rsni.r smaller the
'nace OF the ipl ,e an uIIi not possibly
cause I protub,rance Of the outer plate
which is Of aiamantine hiriness 5th. 1t
is not true as th"y teach that man intel
lcct depends upon TIL size of his brain
Alth ugh we admit that other things being
equal, the one having the largest brain is
the mt intellectual, hut other things are
rarely equal. Intellect depends upon the
amount Of gray substance, a thin layer of
nerve matter which covers he brain and
its thousand AMI on; cpnvolutions. which
by its multiple f1ldings, remote from the
skull toward, the centre Of the brain, elude.
detection Also the large ain ,unt of th,
gray matter covering the base Of
the brain, the a,tcrirr CEREBRAL I,b,s and
their many deep interstices and cnnvoIu
tons, which together with that lining thu
sllci of the convolutions, hitherto mention
I'd, making in all abodt ad> of the gray
matter, the Thought originating, intellectual
port on of the cranial cavity which must
from its lu;ation entirely escape detection
Is il stringe then that the minute Anato>
mist, TIL, -.cient6. Phy-iologist. such men
a, Carpenter, N.is1 liz. D,lt,n, y Dmgli.on
AMI Flint, our ablest authors upon this sub
ipct discsrl the doctrine? As we'll might
A give B fee for examining the exterior
Of his picket bo,k to be informed of the
amount of its contents when A knows how
much money il contains as to f.e either
F'wler or Wells for attempting to tell