New-York tribune., 1874-03-07

n
otongdta NAV produce amaurosis generally on the
opposite side And If we goa little more forward IN a
part called The pos eGr9" aaop s,S tos sms%to'' Go
these facts show that injury TO the brain an wei
as an injury to the nerve any wnere IN our cS
by q mechanism quite similar 10 tnat Dy whicn nerve
cells arrested in the heart and thereby the hearts
action stopped pass 10 some facts relating TO the
same question. IL Is perfectly well known that some
times physicians have the happiness IN the course OF an
organic disease OF the brain to nd that ihey nave ceu
their patient OF paralysis Its rare thing but s does
sometimes. In some OF these cases the cure mas
been produced by simple motion: eaU3od by remedy
given at the time which given certain other patients
WOud aft them. In these cases srychha ~ useh
with more effect. / viii say that If homeopathy has
any foundation at any time-though most certainly
believe it has uOt-t certainly has no 'auc III us
Strychna must be given IN great doses 20 iect
paralysis IL must gwen that will produce
Stiffness ia the limbs and lt is at the expense Oh soe
frght m The famIIy-but no more Fri ght without nix
that a cure is obtained in these cases. That state OF
stiffness must be persisted la for gwen ne III thls
way you understand that the view when nave NOT
tinlo TO develop has sufficient grounds.
can understand that wnen paralysis has been pro
duced there has been an n1lenee starllnS % nom 'no
cells OF gray matter in the spinal cord Itself we wen
know that strycnnia Will increase the power OF ceis III
the spinal cord Therefore IL h easy TO understand thi
dose OF strychuine may increase the power OF tAOse
cells which had lost their force owing to the peculiar
influence of nerve force coming from the brmn now
the problem for medical men ~, think clearly stateu
WHAT be looked for Is not only WnaJ nave lIie
myself TO do and many Of my medical friends nave urea
to do, namely, to cure the organic disease Iha eeu
IN the brain, but 10 Is also to try TO break the cOun
cation between that part ana the cells oI gray ue
affected, or TO try TO give to these cells new acINy;
or other remedies having power In tnaJ respect cqia
TO strychnia, know but very few.
There good many other facts relating TO the oss
Of power OF the various senses which had intended 20
mention but shall only state that what relates 70
deafness and loss Of taste or OF the power OF 0tacton IS
pretty much the same as what relates 10 ue OteI parts
have mentioned. can only that all me functd0hs
Of the BRAIN can be lost for some iiIne through
influence just through considerable influence sHey
be lrremediably lost. III we can give new NC 10
cells which are at distance the place OF disease
may obtain cure or an amellOratlon. iherF - u
very singular affection which has been called ahdsia
TINS IS loss OF the faculty OF expressing 'ucs w
speech. This aphasa may occur 0y attacks JUST as
epilepsy by attacks; ana 10 may occur If1h
irritation lust as epilepsy does Ihat apuasa may as
appear very suddenly. Ia TACT, there are cases on
record In when the mere cure OF neuI2ga nas Cpen
aphasa. There are cases on record IN which inc eXp
hing OF worms from the bowels has nnade the patent
markable instances am ODlged 10 pass WITHOUT hyh-
toning. L saw once In London hysterical glEl VINO
had lost completely the power OF speech aud conscious
almost all the tiue, may say for ten DAYS out OF
twelve. she not asleep; her eyes were open. Al
times she seemed to sleep. she had also considerable
dmnutOn OF tho power Of tue heart and thc power Oi
breathing. She had, in fact great many OF the phe-
nonena Of arrest which we hnd to come through an
Irritation OF certain parts or the spinal cOiu auu nt
irritation increased whenever pressure was MADE
on tie spine IN the neck. Treating tue spine was
apparently the mode OF cure. The disease was, now
ever cured one day suddenly. slightly different rri-
taton had been made and she suddenly recovered ana
could not understand that she had been 50 ILL., This Is
what we call letnargy This condition is certainly a
type OF the state OF lack OF activity OF cells, through
the influence OF Irritation actins upon them ana pro-
duclng cessation.
CAUSES THAT PRODUCE DISORDER OF TIE NERVOUS
SYSTEM
Ny friend Prof. Bernard of Paris, has made expert
ments which very interesting. He shows that anUs-
tbetics ether chorOform, &c. act not by altering cnon
cay OF otherwise the properties OF the BRAIN but by
an irritation in certain parts The irritation propa-
gated to others and stops the activity there In his ex
periments chorofOrm did not reach any part Oh the
spinal cord but the spinal cord had, however, lost
great deal Of It's power SO tndt IL was clear IN tee
experiments that an9sthetics acted Just as
acted the par Udgtnn when IT stops the nelrt inc
irritation affects certain parts OF the base OF the Dra
and thus extended the cells all through the cereoO-
spinal system producing cessation OF activity. I1ele
a power that seems TO direct our mOyene nus
Thai power may be stopped by the irritation OF certain
parts. There are three parts which, so FAR as Know
are able stop that power. Ii Is tlng worth tiylhg
II you try TO stand on one 1Oot WIN your eyes cose
VIII find that very soon you VIII tottcr sae II DO
duced very much like that OF drunkenness YOU'D hot
say that il will be 50 win all OF YOU But saw many
white heads here ana had these IN my ulluI II -
very natural when person has turned ntty that MS
power of directing movement IA diminished, MS power
OF balancing Is diminished When lhe eyes are cOseu ~
il very difficult 10 stand on one 1907. mat power Is
almost destroyed and sometimes completely so ny an
injury to certain parts IL Is known that an injury 10
the cerebeum IN animals destroys that power Ia men
1t is very rarely Injuries in quite din rent,
usually. [ found that II prick Of the hueSt
needle were made the part of the spinal cord IN
birds where the gray matter IN the center OF tine cora
comes TO the surface that the prick Immediately pro
duced a disorder OF movement Animals affected ms
way go about II they were intoxicated AE0ther
part NAV he the cause of this very frequent
unfortunately. in this country. When the posterior
columns OF tho spinal cord are diseased 10 great eA
tent this is also what we call lOcOmOtOraaNY. In all
these cases. my experiments birds, ana the expert
ments OF others on the CercDelum nave shown 10 All
those case there is an influence or irritation starting
from this oerebeum pOsterior columns OF the cord
which goes toward those cells aud stops thef ACTIVITY
or course we do not know the Location OF those parts
that serve 10 balance movements.
The phenomena Of arrest have been very wen stude
II is due to a Russian physician, sekscnenom VINO
studied the reflex power OF the spinal cord TO react ana
produce "a movement after cessation has come 70 lt,
that we know that this power Is destroyed or dimn-
ghed thrOugh influence coming from the Olain lt -
not rare IN cases ol pIa{ SIS M a % in .I''{ t @ - :
exerted by irritation starting from the BRAIN on the
cells OF gray matter IN the spinal cord destroying their
reflex action. Tins reflex power exists IN very great
degree In the spinal cord and nediHld Ob'OHgdtd IN
Guinea pigs, which have readily produced an ~
tack OF epilepsy by simple process, consisting IN ap
peang 10 the excessive excabiiity in these animals
when the neck is touched Sometimes brcJrh or ar on
tins part enough TO produce IT. This reflex action
OF the spinal cord however, may disappear ud epilepsy
BE- cured by cutting portion OF tie ska oI Tue ncth
cut OF half ncn has been sufficient IN number OF
physioogst by the name OF Golz 3iIs 70 tni'
the assertion tnat the power the sympdthetc nerve
possesses to stop the hearts action, When II 10 rIated
may be lost
coyyuIaoSs. AND EXTRAORDINARY MEANS or CHECK
ING THEM
Ipass now TO a completely different kind Of phenomena
of arrest That Is the stoppage OF commissions OF yar
Gus kinds The first will speak OF is kind OF convu
sous which we call ecampsa. Very frequently IN this
case on irritation OF the skin in children, may produce
cessation OF the IT. Dipping child IN very not water
throwing very COlu Nblcf Oh SlOp
In other cases the introduction of acupuncture needless
which the japanese have employed l0r centuries ana
which we unfortunately do not employ enough-inay
have an immense power on our nerves BY what
mechanism they act IL unknown, III is certainty not
throug gh chemical process since they are OF platinum,
aud have no chemical An irritation OF the fauces
top of the palate by nitrate OF silver may stop eOn'u
siOns.
Dusros court physician for whom the Princess Ade-
Ida had great fancy, was an ingenious man II he was
not altogether honest He succeeded In the presence OF
the physicians in Stopping hts convulsons IN children
men, merely by pressing the skin In the negborhooi
of tnc ear pressure in the neigborhood OF the norls
may do this If seized with cramps, ANA can pnt
one food fiat q cold floor the cramps may dsap
pear al once. Or drawing OF the muscles affected
may act the neryecells spinal cord and stop It,
HySteria is OF the singular affections we are
subject to- because even men are 80 attac Sed
sometimes. remarkable and successful treatment OF
this, which Witnessed in Paris IL 50 peculiar and
strange that il il were not before such trastul