New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-28


mas been osaDlished bJ good many expcrnchteIs,
hat IN oiopepts 81 Tho nervous system benefit IN tncm
nutrition nudOr the ipuenca OF electricity ana gaNa
ism: hat ~ direct transformation Of electricity iuto
As regards hight very little is known. You well know
that Dorvous disturbance viii como from tie honou o.
certainly very powerful agent and most uscini one
Indeed, 10 Is rather TOO much forgotten thhl hsn -
direct transformation OF Hight INTO nervous force
IL seems TO he 50 in the rctnd but cannot e"P" IS
other phrase than tue phrase ~ seems 70 De ~ Wou
not appear to be a fcut To solve inc question: oS hp
ment. and q solution would DO of considerable import
aucc -
There other forces hch certainly arc transorm o
into force. There no doubt IA regards mo
ton Motion increases nervous ,olCo III ~, iio s,n",
without the least dOubi. What the French can mtSy'
increases nervous iurce without doubt But theto Is
sti some little doubt whether ~ Is not ihr9uSn ~
prOyement OF itOu through cb0ml0aI uhAhBo 'h'V
! the mlhenCe takes place. . 80
hans are transformed into nervous force IAe hpplCd
ton OF heat to children Is eKceedinsY usoul W m
their development If tho air they breathe Is ceo anu
hoatis applied their lim1s but not 80 much 10 no
body they certainly grow faster. There IL no question
that In northern children who are not Wen cad
ara are NOT wei cared ros srd 10 no heai sur
rounding tier boiy DO not gre" ems, so MIN w}n
once .; heal. There As one thing when ~
the country especially most hurtful and dangerous.
and that neat applied 10 the lungs IL Is pofocp
well known that tho mortality Of children IN tIls Goun
TRY Ia enormous in the Summer nonhS anu tnat oiS ,
throdgh the influence OF heat on the mugs a o" md
belly Digestion aud respiration are Getur2on, aIu
cSS 5 S cS D in that respect ana may DO
that shall have chance to speak Oh IL 'h ono Vi u
last ecbures or TINS course.
rowFR or oxrGES, srRTCuSINE, AND TIiE WILL.
What now is the agent of production Of nervous force
in our blood tits clear that blood itself must DO ncccs
sary 20 the production OF force. STU for ume
the oxygen alone which ia carried by tho blood may
suffice. Oxygen, even when tho blood seems to have
taken away altogether from the part can gave some
IS medicinal agent which has immense
power In producing nervous results wn o ev try
spinal cord OF "a frog has been "sSneu u, eauy
drop Of blood when Injections have been made OF pure
water 10 carry away every ptrucle OF oioou' II
chnis put OH The SPINAL chord IN very short tne
the amount OF reflex power, which "a manlcslahoh
Of force very much greater than ~ was DoI0e
showing that sirychUla has Increased thdt power is
the only fact We kpow which clearly proves thst
medicine, putting ASIDE oxygen, can nave such power
aud power, indeed which ~ very great! a.
what Is the power OF will gu the nervo forcel TINS
S%Sea " Tscre g Is NO aoGh that nryc focc
very little under our will IL may he an Admirable
spend It very ioois6ly, Us wO DO spend many other
things. Still there many circumstances when the
| deficiency OF viii power Is really pdlnui ana III
patients whom the amount oil nerve Ioroe Is iulen'e
have tred to measure the amount OF nerve iEiGe IN
| a frog. have ascertainod thai frog could luta
weight of 20 Gramine. toa point which was about no
and quarter 600 or 200 times ~ AN hOuI ana qiref
This il an amount of nervous force. ana man
Tested. too. whou the spinal cord was no more re-
ceiving blood. when lhefe Was no mo oid eI
| Compare this with the case Of frog
! having ITS head. Tn, frog Win head, alter
a very short time. could not IoOye 10 all wiltuy while
It'll the reflex acton. call it, irritation OF the
skin, determined strong movement. Ihefe may De-
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of nerve force accumulated in the system. would lot
say ia, there ia production Immediately after
sells. There was blood lett there; stun there not
much OF IT. and 1t was not charged WITH 0xi gen d'cr
Ibaye for long time tried to prove that there il
unity Of nerve force. II we spend fore either IN the
way am now doing, by mental more h0n by ply seal
labor If spend force with the pen IN hand when wo
are STUDYING quietly at table we ma aver having
HSGs ' We nave Drawn force & r'f focus
ttah fha IlaI civ IA
action ana FOR physical . exortlen a.. II. on
physically tred.we then very nerve iorco
rcuans Tor mental action There are facts, however,
viii be fully explained 10 the last lecture, when
to explain the laws Of production and expenditure OF
that itis perfectly Wei known contrary to what have
said, that We can 10 better with our brain #
| have had exercise Mt all. But it Is
simply that certain amount Of exercise
the circulation, improving the secretions improving
respiration ana improving IN fact al the great organic
functions through winch the secretion OF nervous force
takes place tbat we have become richer IN our force
production OF nerve force and facilitate the exercise
draw too much Of the nerve force OF our Tys.en II
| We draw a great deal more OF 1t than can be re-
ISs ore then iS untitled for mental %Ors:
comes difficult. Our heart. after having beaten with
much rapidly, comes TO beat very slowly We are
TOus force There is no doubt therefore that there Is
common focus OF nerve force IN which we draw for any
Of activities OF system employing force.
Locking through microscope ior several hours d. M
crogaphers know full well. Is cause OF great fatigue
and VIII rcuder mental work or physical labor thcredt
ter difficult.
TIE UNITY NERVOUS FORCE.
There is one experiment that shows that force
j. distributed as would be galyanism on cylinder.
suppose a cy lnder IN the shape OF my arm suppose
that this is charged with a certain amount Of cleo.
tricy and suppose that this or cylinder is then
cut IN us in the middle OF its length there would
he in each half OF the arm thea an amount OF cleo
tricty winch would DO Just one-hdf OF the amount
had manifested force equal 10 twenty measures
the half of tho would manifest force equal TO ten
So II seems TO be- WITH the nervous system IL we ii
vide the cord across iu bird behind the upper limbs
before The amount Of force is not sufficient IN the
!pT psE OF me nervous b so ~ ta
and that II cause operates 90 divide the nervous sys-
tcn into halves, each half has only the amount OF nerve
There is objection appearance 10 tho view tina,
there unity OF nerve force and .ha IS that TIE D5a9
About that allow me 70 say that although we nave
two brains IL IS pretty much as IL we MAJ Pat one aS oy
The other loft with very little power indeed II would
TIE power Of Ehe Two lTan7 by proPir G9uea?R bul
II We have brains there is 10 objection TO the view
that there is unity for the force. 1t Oh
lection because these two brains are united
There is communication Every part OF our
other We cannot touch a part OF the snn
OF any other part OF system without producing
CONJUNCTION ali over the nervous system; In tho same
way that stamp foot on the ground with
out shaking the whole world and not only our world
but the rest OF the universe is shaken 10y such simple
thing that. OF course, very little shaken ghtcrl
but shaken nevertheless. There Is no doubt that any
action on any part Of system Is felt everywhere
through H. And that j. the why many persons
suffering their nervous system cannot have an e1cita
ton brought any par; Of body, 1t increases the
trouble where 10 exists
There another question. That certain fbers seem 10
and others restrain the nervous
This q point of snch great Importance that
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