New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-06
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
mr. BROwN-sEQUARD AT PLYMOUTH
sN' HuIrPCH

p..eher The subject was The MoebaniSh anV- the
Sat in the Brain OF the Voonal senScra Az Mental
phnnowena" subject relating 10 two gree questions
-, tho mechanism OF the principal acts OF the mind
the thinking power and also tde recipient Of scnsa
ana that OF the scot 81 toe various faculties OF the
mind.
s O,st rolrt mentioned was that the system can be
Aooked upon a. composed q two essential clements
-eut that IT, small bladders and fbrous tubes. These
ens exist IN almost every part Of the brain well ar IN
abe continuation Of IT, called the spinal cord and It can
10 seen that there Immense number ~ ilmheo-
lions which most likely an In continuous hoers We
NAV look upOn tho system contiguous network oil
sbers 40 that no part Of it Is disconnected and THE
n 20 be kept IN view IN the consideration OF the
various means by which propagation takes place from
one part OF the system TO another THOSE TWO
modes OF action take place through cells n Wel ah
through fbers aud both OF them consist IN what we
call irritation Every part Of the nervous s. stem can
he point from which proceeds irritation which VIII
either stop an activity OF tho brain put II In pay
The brain itself has the power as wen as the nerves u
acting upon itself and producing OF causing cessation
ofaetyity II you inject water In your ear you o'S0ON
that n disorder Of movements comes amNs' ~ on0o'
here ia an effect on certain parts the brain cxerted
by nerves in The mucous membrane IN the ''Ocs
Of the car The greatest variety OF puehohou"
may come either from irritation "l "'o O'''"
or nerves In one IN London DoS was
found on getting Of bed IN the morning. 20 DE sf'u
with tho most violent commissions and an acute ATTACK
of mania on putting him bed again the morbid
symptOms disappeared. Three times tbs phenomenon
was observed ana when the surgeon examined hln 'o
boy told him that fishing piece Of glass had 'no
trated beneath the nail his great toe. nv pressing on
the skin near the nail the boy had recurrence OF the
same symptous but after the surgeon had cut away
piece Of the flesh the commissions ceased IL may DC
seen by this that an irritation IN very
minute part Of the body may have an i'm
ntnse power. II has been discovered you
know that the irritation portions Of certain muscles
Of the eve can produce In brain condition called
oataepsy OF loss OF feeling. When We see that mans
thigh may nmputated without any sense OF feehhS on
his part when we see irritation may be exerted on
the brain by OF irritation Of a.few nbers OF
snuscle Of the eye understand how immense is
aho field OF important researches, both In PSYCHOLOGY
cal and ply siooaical and also therapeuuca point
concerning the Kind of iDhuenoe or the irri-
tatOn BY means Of which sc'lVlty Is arrested sts
praton can De stopped Immediately by the galyanza-
1fI v In TctrSuce 10 the power o. the wl recoect
surgeon who was accustomed going into hospital TO
wss There he would gel no food during tue day and the
coughing would always cease. We can stop sueeIng ny
under tno meo6ansm The future OF medicine LES
ma The study VI those iacs IN regard " 'ne
Our consciousness a. you know, ceases during sleep;
~ we'll ulgn proved that 70 IS through 90 arrest W
49, Wy u' Inn, 10 ~ ~ 't6ronsh smeilnns scuye
thst scep caused Tue iuva tnst sleep de-
ponds on TIE CONTRACTION OF the Dleou Nesseis
England aud here absolutely false for 1t las been
shown. The contrary, mat when thoy arc dlateG
seep take place we'll IS before Commissions can
also be stopped, Tor they are morbid phenomena Que
50 certain condition o. me cells. hekI0' whose
master had cOnyulsious, through al affection or The
spinal cord Which lasted i've or Elk minutes at time,
- thai he could not he dressed moqe the observation
ONE ds. ,hat o IssiIg upon me 9l& TOE tne SGnS
lnm, lac simply performed tus lc aud kept Ais master
In case pullshed by Abercromyie which Is very i'm.
porant showing That The di-etse nust nave existed
Sioue nne neore death, 30 haa had prev prey.
ousiy some trouble Win Der sign ad baj hsd attaSks
resembling certain forms Of epilepsy nut Wa al TINS
time apparently IN good hesIth-lassed tne evening
the same night died Ihe Ieft side Of her brain was
found deceased 20 establish me fact that u had
t bS bt o ba5 Informed an he functions tbst are
usually attributed 70 organ. We sometimes ind that
she reverse struetnq avery slight irritation may cause
iUtense symptom. and produce tbe freshest variety OF
them while "a siderable disease see slght To-
dIcauons We fDd TINS that tbere is no relation be-
tween the symptoms and nc seat OF the disease Itself
1bere cases wing taat diseases 10 tho baa can
SlsSggvst t1IoSh Os' 49, ~ C"uS u,ccSf Ci ne
nv getting his Uranium broken from the blow OF
sbet one ~ me 80 ne g. entirely s0ic,e-t 10 er,orrn
she functions attributed 20 boih. can show you chat
She mode OK education develops only Que hall
ilo brain. IL h ver5 great mistake We commit In not
teaching children % make OF the two sides OF the
body udherenty. we Wnte Si.i one b' . We snou,d
Tor great many Things csptclaly IN gestures ~ Is a
body we de vcop certain sdes the brain, would
be great ami had TWO brains 10 vorS With. Ia
,be S hvstieJ side IN h lust so vita the pody '
The theory been received almost universally FOR
loug tme aud IL yet admitted, that the mind, when
acung 70 produce voluntary movement performs just
Che thing that the pianist docs ON the piano in
making his fingers run on lie Keys mat 10 the same
way, BY striking certain nJors % tue brain, tho viii
produces tine voluntary movements IL Is considered
ais0 That the mud as he recipient OF sensations Is
very much like hotSfkeeper, VINO knows, when
bell is s,ruck, what room the disturbance comes
ES the Se over the O. or 5S HTSS'
facts, thuk SNOW consists ia showing shat the
Number bUots 10y Which TIC brain communicates win
she body extremely small compared with the
Der ~ movements psriOTm ~ the same way the
net al md of
Them existing ID The upper part OF the spinal cord
smother aUeu shat there are many GASES on record
Ghe the BODY 10 great measure Destroyed
oaetenth OF existing oases-and stil the |
movements were performed more or less completely,
and ts sensations wete hsuittea 10 the sensOsum
almost perfectly as In health 30 that very few
6Ocrs uniung the Drain with tue spinal cord are suh
Gent for COuinuncaVu betWeeuse brain aud the body.
startling fact discovered IN Paris long ume
age that part OF the left eide Of the BRAN 10
be expressing ideas by speech
believe IL dOes not belong 81 that part would
say that peIr0n who j. educated 10 employ indifferent
both sides ~ the body would thereby develop both sides
very likely be Tie faculty or sight seems
60 have Detter proof OF seat IN the praiD tsn the
lection with the optic nerve. The greatest variety !
Ot eject Dc produced Dy Irritation OF
any par OF the optic bands, as they are called
Ano there H no c0ucu7On W DE drawn ffOu a0Se Idolr
than this that rritsuon existing half Of the
iraiu AZ NE place Nhere the OPTIC nerves peno
sraeo disease there either produce OF
ssgnt ~ one eye the other eye ewes OF
showing that a disease u thai nace NAV no, nnodcs
any alteration ~ all ~ sight aud the coucu sion ts
tlst disease ~ one hail VI tue brsR 10 not necessarily
&c cause o. the loss of sighi, and nerve only Is
IDOny with the theory That brain h nd s1r
all the functions Of two sides Of the brain
II mas been considered that certain parts Of the brain
have the power OF acung upon certain parts OF the BODY
This locazotOh u TIE greatest avempt deuOpstrs