The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-09-04

were discovered, and already DR.,
Ferrier has succeeded in almost com.
pltsing . map of the BRAIN with all
its organs, distinguished by the sure
and rigorous test Of experiment.
Nothing could surrass the interest
Of these experiments. On the table
before you is the dog with its skull
removed. All seems, but for the
Breathing and movement Of the brain,
40 inert mass OF dead matter. The
doctor applies the electrode, aud
presently the tell begins to wag. All
else 10 motionless. Another touch,
and its iorepaw is stretched out !;
another, aud its head is erected; an.
oihar, and its mouth opens. Again
shs magic wand touches the BRAN,
and the animal seems convulssd with
fear and rage; and so on the experl
ments go. Once the divining rod
has been discovered, 1t is compare.
lively easy for an expert vissicator to
use it. This discovery, SO simple
once il is known. will effect almost
a revolution in physiology. Hither.
to it has been looked on ss an axiom
that you can not experiment with the
braln-that it is too near the scat of
life to be tampered with. Now, ex-
pertinent has been introduced into q
region where we had resonciled our.
selves to the vague aud uncertain
light OF observation. There can be
no doubt that we shall soon know
the particular use Of every convolu.
ton Of the brain. Phrenology, from
the stage of emperical observation,
will become science. One of the
chief results attained by DR.. Ferrier
is the belief that each convolution is
a separate organ, although occasion.
ally several may be conjoined for
common work. He also finds that
the great motion centers are collect.
ed in the front part of thc brain, a
result which shows the phrenologists
were not far out iu that quarter. 1t
also has demonstrated that the nerves
moving the muscles Of the jaw arc
just above the ear, where the phren-
ologists place gustativcness. But
the most important Immediate effect
OF DR.. Ferrier's discovery will be an
improved treatment OF diseases oi
the brain. 1t has found out why con
siderable portions OF the brain may
be diseased without interfering with
sanity, and why other slight LESSONS
produce epilepsy. It has succeeded
in artificially producing epilepsy in a
dog. This is . most wonderful part
OF the discovery and proves the truth
of the conjecture Of DR.. Hewlings
Jackson, that epilepsy arises from q
lesion between two convolutions of
the brain. DR.. Ferrier has also found
out the origin OF chorea. or St. Vitus'
dance, and has been able to make his
animals show ell the symptoms OF
the disease artificially. He has caus
ed tetanus and other peculiar and
difficult states Of the muscular sys.
TEN. Altogether. the discovery op.
ems new path in the treatment Of
disease, and can not fail to produce
the most important benefits. It will
also give Us real scientific phren.
ology. y .
"A young anatomist has recently
shown that there is a relation be.
tween the shape Of the skull and the
brain. and that 1t is possible to know
what IL in the inside Of the head
without breaking it open. This is
most opportune, for when DR.. Ferrer
has mapped out the brain 1t will be
possible to diagnose a mans faculties
as easily rs tell his shape. We are
glad to learn that at the instance ol
Professor Huxley the Royal Society
has come handsomely forward and
voted . grant to Dr.. Ferrier to carry
ont his experiments on monkeys.
The monkey is the nearest approach
to man in the animal kingdom and
AZ it is, Of course, out Of the question
TO experiment on men, the monkey
will form an inadequate Substitute
Altogether, it is likely that Dr.. Fer.
rier's discovery, beyond any disooy-
cry Of the present generation, will
enlarge the circle of human knowl'
edge, and contribute to the happiness
Of mankind" Archaeological Journal
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