The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-04-16
Unique.
,NaN's BRAIN TRANSFERRED TO
ALIvING SUBJECT.

~ ,hp experiments WI '"itSsuT MHl-
iug T,[WpissnicIt, on revivifcation had
lei" ~ cool before another series of
f1 se,;ments by the same Psychologist,
si9 an less respectfully authenticated,
aHoLls the world of science. 1t is ne.
'hs srr TO premise that the views of
sp .Siolorists respecting the mode of
pnttsity of the brain have recently IN
%" ,oue great modification. and the
ssac,uess of the modern ideas is fully
e0"a"ortpd by the experiments to which
guy, ,sfer 1t Was formerly imagined,
S WI il still largely taught, that the az
';r;,r of the brain depended upon the
n nm liberated Ly certain cells in the
W. w. matter of that organ. which were
unused to he. The seat of very active
y %pnses demand NC an abundant sup
sI 1" If blood. Nerve force WAS sup
P 10 be set at liberty in these cells,
:, Iiberatiou being attended with the
nuraodoetion of heat. Bat these views
400 not been able to endure the close
",n,iuy to hich the brain has recent
IL been subjected. The microscope
E,s shown that these cells, these SUP
nn.ed nerve force producers are ouly
roous of interchange of nervous fila
n,suts. a provision for the distribution
nftplesrapl-wiles, as it We're, not ac-
ti,a eputers, not batteries liberatinu
r,hd farce of any kind. Ii has been
nnved that in death from starvation,
rLpn the stomach has been unable to
,preivp, retain OF ,li2tct TODD, while all
,hs rest of the body losses weight, such
:, not the case with The BRAIN sub
,,,pee proper. In cases of sudden
S,th the muscles have been found pio
Ycne heat long after life is extinct.
rh}r in the brain no hear is liber ted
,,er death, although the brain may be
'rorped with blood. The inference
drawn from these facts, as well as rom
lbe integrity Of the brain IN all manner
0fdi,ea,e, is that this organ is one of
sIuc.ish uutIitive changes. an iuelt in
srnmpnt, play ed upon 10y forces which
hare their origin elsewhere than in the
brain.mat,er. Furthermore, nerves
and brain substance, when divided, re-
mite as readily as tendon, or seiD. or
marns NJ, mhaneS, and the nervous
phpuomena interrupted by the wound
sr section are established when the
wound has healed. All PSYCHOLOGISTS
,.rpe on this point. Aud as skin, or
prjoslenm, or mncus membrane can
he tIaRsplanted, as surgeons well know
aud constantly demonstrate in prac-
,ire, can not nervous tissue be subject
ed to the same process? So reasoned
OFT txperimentor, and these preiimi-
Bsres will show that Professor Mui.
rrs experiments We're legiilmatcd 10y
strict scientific reasoning aud research.
Professor Muller, after having trans
planted or transferred the bemspl,eres
ottle brain from one animal to anoth-
er Of the same species in the higher
animals (manmnls-dugs, Gals, &c y
and having tng,aited the brain So as To
produce the manifestations of cerebral
activity, secured at length the oppor-
taniiy of performing tlie same expert
mput ID man, and with the resul s
which Ii is the Object of this letter to
detail. give the facts as recorded in
the Gazette Hrbdomadalre, taken from
Vrchow's Archives, ii medical Journal
published ut Berlin.
It was at Leipzig that the expert
In al A
had killed the Colonel of his regiment
ID cold blood, and whom the severity
OfPrussian military diScip ine would
have caused to die hundred deaths,
had It been possible, was deliberately
landed over to the surgeons, 10y SEN
irure of court martial, and was con
ihed N a strong room in the military
hospital. entirely in the dark as to the
hte which awaited him. He was kept
there ready for an emergency, which
did not fail to occur. A keeper of a
her rellar in Leipzig, man resem
bling In many RESPECTS the condemned
'odipl, and who had keeu seized with
acute Inflammation of the heart, or ra.
ther Of lis investing membrane, was
brought TO 1.-The hospital to die OF that
9carable and promptly fatal malady.
No sooner had the anticipated death
aken place than the dead saloon Keep.
| Twas placed on a table by the side Of
mother operating table, on which was
ne ehlorofnimtd but living body of
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