The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-03-29

serlX Hamilton, 81 Maryland, Sauls-'
bury, Schurx and Thurman. are 9
Twentysthree Rspdbkcanss stAnd
aye, and thirteen Democrats; and
twenty Republicans nay, and seven,
teen Democrats
NOVELTY IN sURGERY.
A Dead uaA'a Dsata TleaafssssA To
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Icors.spoeds.esN 4: Y:wosssi {
Pxzrs, Feb. 2.
Har;liy hss the exci,emcnt and
fierce incredulisy Of he Parie
savants respecting the experiments
OF Professor Muller, Of weissnicht,
On revivifioation had time 70 cool,
before another series OF expert
ments by the same physiological,
and no less authenticated, startlcs
The world Of science. tt is ncccs
sary 10 premise hat the views Of
pby sioIogists respecting The mode
Of activity or the brain have re-
Gently undergone great modi6ea-
ton, and the correctness Of the
modern ideas is fully supported
By the experiments 70 which We
refer. 1t was formerly imagined,
and still largely taught that the
activity of the brain depended
upon The forces liberated by cer-
tain cells in the grey matter Of
that organ, which was supposed TO
be the seat OF very active changes
demanding an abundent supply Of
blood. Nerve-force las supp osed
to be set st liberty in these cells,
its liberation being attended with
the production OF heat. But these
views have not been able to endure
the close scrutiny to which the
brain has been subjected to. The
Microscope has ahown ttat these
cells. these supposed ncrve-force
producers, are only . means Of
interchange Of nervous filaments,
a provision for the distribution, oi
telegraph wires, as it were, 20, &C.
tive centers, not batteries iiberAt-
ing vital force Of any kind. Il has
! 81. ...sored that in death froa
starvatioa. when the stomach ha,
been unable to receive, retain o.
digest food, while aIl the rest G
the body loses wcight,such is no
the case with the brain subssanc,
proper. In cases of sudden destl
the muscles have been found pro
ducing beat long after life is ex.
tinct, while 10 the br ain no hes
is liberated after death, although
the brain may be gcrged viii
blood. The inference drawn iron
lthese facts, az well Al from the in
teerity OF the brain in a.l manne
disease. is that this organ il on
| of slugeish nutritive changes, g
instrument played upon By force
which have their origin elsewher
than in the brain matter. Further
more, nerves and hrain-substanct
when divided, rcunise ~ readil
40 tendon, or skin,or mucous lneu
branes. and tho nervous phenom.
No inter, up.ed by the wound q
eection are re-estahlished whc
the wound has healed. All phys
clogists agree on this poin'. An
as skin, or pcriosteun, or mucou
membrane can he transplautesi. a
surgeons we'll knos and constsh
~ demonstrate in practice. cannt
nervous tissue be subjected to III
ssmo pl ocess So reasoned or
experimen,er. and these preli mir
aries will show that Professe
Muller's experiments were legi,i
mated by o rics acientilic reason
ing and re esearch. Professor Mu
Ter, after having transplantcsi {
transferred the hemispheres OF th
brain from one animal 70 anosht
of the same species in the hikhe
animals mammals-doQs, cat
&c.) sbd having engraf,ed ID
brain so asto produce the man
feststions, OF cerebral acuvity. .secu
ed at length the opportunity /,
performing the same ex2erimei
in man, sud With the results whie
it 10 the object Of this letter to d
tail. i give she SActs - records
In the Gaz-tts Hsbdomomadir
taken from Yirchows Archives,
j. tmcdical Journal published at Be
flin.
i 3 -azff sse-4
It Was At Leipzig that the expel
} meut wss performed. A seltli,
Who had killed tie colonel Of b
J regiment Ia cold blood, and Who
J The severity OF Prussian miiital
dicipline would hsve caused to- d
! q hundred deaihs h&d it been Do
sible, vas deliberately handed ov
to the surgeons, by sentence I
! court martial and was, confined
ssEong room in the military ho
pital, entirely in the dark as TO u
fate which awaited him. He "
J kept there ready for an emrsgen,
which did not fail ~ occur.
! beer seller In Leipzig, . maa l
semhliug in many respects, Z
, condemned soliieT, and Who b,