New-York tribune., 1874-03-30

almost invariably hemorrhagc OF the ear AMI fnesno
Sinec,.y SssT II IN Guinea pg So that . no doubt
whatever in mind that the ancceon % o @ Of the
insane patients produced by morbid rntalou W % ,ho
nervous system Great changes may also occur ~ .ne
the nails land even ,ne co'cr The e ns,s eesss 70
grow as Or. Mitchell of Phadelphia bas bcme m
aered IN share and show series OF lines depresscns
and pretrusons, or ridges aud canas 90 ,n' 20 oniv
secre,c from the blood The hair may change color
from day TO another under her91 ' i dnsty and
may he changed not only In color but IN uensy nS S
thickness and dry or c,y There y % pot
rtcnof the skin and the ar ass S,ap or sSns
cord 1t is the soushng Of part due to injury OF snn ,SS
lonSSnS might appear after injury to the nervous
system vet people often called these e heye
S bn MS the y stem viii produce
bed In Of racture OF the hnos or npe
sure Of the will oct have these sores @ ma bss 10
the other hand =, and these mas srd iou which Is
now being accepted-in animals, IN dogs for fn
~ he snDal cord and an Inflammation of the nerves
arising from it, swe fad sloughnR coming rom & Pi In
of the sacrum, which Is just the same as IN s' ,h
dogs instead OF lying down we do on the BACK tno
living down the front part OF the Dey anu oh & ,
thigh while the sougliDg nevertheless, appears yut
where does in man. the mates. Therefore, ~ canno
be construed being caused ny pressure f,r an
have soughing appear WITHIN tree uss ~ noor
injury so that even If we Imagined that the poor
creature had turned and pressed on the part loI
et he length of time would not he sufficient 10 pro
duce the trouble Neither is the explanation tas
the slouehng is due from dee9mp4sea waSer IA now
eTtn cause OF increase of slougning, but pot the
gina cause in those animals refer TO thers wac
moi a drop of that water irritating the bacK'
INTERNAL ORGANS SUFFER FROM EXTERNAL IRRITATION
All sorts of inflammation in the viscera can be pro
duoed from irritation OF the nervous sysVe'"' A
milton OF the lungs extremely common in certain
cases of diseases the BRAIN And Inflammation OF the
kdneys or bladder or bowels may come from an nilan-
nation of the spinal cord. Burns will produce also
nhenomena of that kind. burn on the SKIN VIII ire
Guently prove fatal by producing an lhthhation Va
maj mart of the bowels called the duodenuu the hna-
nation may be rapid as TO produce all uleeiauon al
The ewes are the theater OF considerable alteration
from the nervous system 1t is almost useless TO 90 hto
demonstration of the influence when an lirllloh o
'ho ncrve NJ ono eve may produce the other eve,
because il generally admitted now that an 0uIy "
one eve can inurously affect the other; Mheh nls'
Unbeld that theory alone IN IT, and It was neees-
sary pile up my facts now eveTyoouv ms M i9 t+ai a.
out 1t is quite certain that an ioury 10 o
nerve then will produce disease In the corresponuihs
eve ana the best thing to do In those cases 10 1Vu
The nerve between the part which has been injured ana
the BRAIN prevent the TRANSMISSION OF t1e h n
jury TO the BRAIN from when II Is f one 20 eve nav
eye In the same way an irritation on opo no,iant
| nroduce inflammation In the other Ana II pauent
that it Is sure be lost if the patient begins 10 nave
Inflammation in the other eye, 1t IS now eomaon "a Vs
the other That acts In dividing the nerves
which connect the eye first injured with the oial anu
10 the second eye Even cataract and gaueoma can DO
| produced by nervous influence. ...
| But more than this. all the INFLAMMATION OF Vlscera
that we suffer from may and does come frJm an lrrlta
on of the skin. OF the persons In TINS room now VINO
10 ONT of 2oNowe their cough to an irritation which
brought to other parts than inc hng par |I n no uor @ h h
cold irritation OF the feet or arms or any Oner part
of the body Dy cold, especially by damp or wet cold,
may bring on Inflammation OF some organ When per
sons have an Inflammation OF the lungs, almost nyaria
blyI the point OF saying III all ca5estuls IN
Elimination has its origin in great measure. II not en-
rey in irritation OF the SKIN, or Of the mucous
membranes In the neSuOornoOu VI Ihe shu' III 'nc hoS
trlls or In the throat.
POWER OF THE NERVES OVER NUTRITION.
There is a question which now arises after having
shown you how various and how great is the action OF
the nervous system nutrition. II is Are to con-
slider the system essential TO nutritionf It's
certainly not essential nutrition, but without doubt
also it is most useful TO nutrition But, unfortunately
beside being most useful nutrition. 1t is in morbid
most detrimental to nutrition 30 that hese tlree
points are now particularly estabished a. In the first
place the nervous system is not essential 10 nutrition,
which and does go on without It, as you wen Know
1t in plants and ieuses before the nervous sys
formed, and as it goes Oh also IN completely de-
! yeloped animals after the destruction OF certain
| parts OF the nervous system. For instance the
destruction of great part OF the spinal cord III cas
allows the development Of the lower limbs There Is an
atrOphy wasting In size or Rrth OF tue mp Dut the
point Is that the nervous system has however. great
usefulness in Improving nutrition. 80 ANA throy ~
under certain influences, prominent among which Is he
application of cold to the skin may say mere that the
ourselves sufficiently to cold II accustomed our skin
the influence OF cold then we should be III very much
less danger OF having of the morbid influences tnat
cold acting on the skin can produce.
now approach broad subject abont which, unfortu
natoly shall have time to say much as should
like. In fact, 1t would take large number OF lectures
to develop it completely. 1t is the power OF the mind
the body through nervous force That power Of
the mind the body much greater than most OF
you imagine Indeed do not think thai any one among
you however exalted be his or her idea OF the
strength and variety OF their power has an adequate
conception Of its magnitude within the bounds which
| will mention You all know what nesmerizers have
! in animal magnetism profess and declare You have
heard of what is called the cd force and you have
England, and which we know under the name OF Per
kns Tractors All these views that have mentioned
Drtftd in mar nd INA
any folly in mankind of any Importance that has not
| some ground, some degree OF truth.
| THE POWER OF IMAGINATION.
| But though there may be ground for it, there
may not be enough TO establish the truth OF a certain
| view. The ground here is simply that the power OF
imag nation the body is immense and that what is
done by persons In state of what is called mesmersm
or in any OF the instances have mentioned, which
apparently due TO those odd fOrcesthis time II has
dees-(aughter due the Imagination OF the person
deal with mesmerzer showed very clearly what
in these lie said that he had observed OF
himself that by thinking Of any part Of the body
could very soon produce sensation there aud If he
thought OF certain kind OF sensation that
hina of sensation was produced Having been
urged strongly to 90 TO mesmerizer's, he
because he was troubled with that serious Affection
known angina pectoris and feared for his health
call some sensation from part remote from that
which the mesmerizer was trying TO fix his mind SO
saying Don't you feel this or that sensation when this
instrument Is put IN your hands y Hunter at that time
lLaughterl Hunter unfortunately knew by experience
what the g1ut WAS Tor ne VAS was careless OF his health
the big toe. But this tune he thought he would divert
II 20 that member, and succeeded in doing llt so
wei that all the attempts OF The nesmerzer
10 produce sensation in the fingers failed.
Hunter had the en- true view about tins when
immense genius. although at times, according TO my
sions from disorder in his mind; that man, Sweden
borg, had also very clear view OF what Johu Hunter