Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-22
Dr.. srenaa's Lectures.


On Sunday evening, Turn Verein
Hall was crowded with polite and
audience assembled to
hear DIR. Brenan's opening lecture in
our city. The subject as announced
was "The Human Mind and its In
fiuences upon the Body" The lee
turer, after a. few preliminary re-
marks, commenced upon the subject
i'm hand by stating that achild has no |
mind when first born. This is one of
the chief lines of demarkationb between |
the human species and lowerForders
of animals. We must learn every
thing we know; the mind develops as
the tissues, bones and other parts not
the Body become perfected. eThe
mind nermeates every. part of our
ssyste,ff o1'he. eye, hand, skin, hair
and every part of the human body has
itsown mauner of Thought but the
centre of all in the base of tile brain
meduld- obloRgdta--all parts are in
perfect communication with this CEN
| tire. When portion of the body is
| lost n portion Of the mind is also lost.
There are only. three special senses
1 belonging togman instead: Of flvel as
universally claimed. This somewhat
Estartling proposition, the Doctor
| proved by demonstrating that the
senses OF seeing, feeling and hearing
are alonc directly connected with the
! centre of the mipd-the. seat of llfe--
| whereas the so called senses of SMELL.
4 ing and tasting were thus connected
but indirectly, He claimed there is
mind within the mind, called the
spirit or soul, which is as much finer
than the mind in gencihl as that mind
4 is finer than the. body. 8 After the
\ mind becomes Developed, the whole
body is under its control and the two
are in perfect harmony, being effected
IaliRe by health . and sickness.
! AS a proof of this, he stated that nc
case Of insanity has ever been de-
yeleped where the body is perfectly
soundA sA1 beautiful picture was
drawn by the lecturer showing how
the mind should be kept purein order
to have the body perfect. The person
and features once perfect, by evil
thoughts and evil minds, became de-
graded, and the character of evil
doers are visible in their walk, ex-
preston and even in their voices.
In order TO be Perfectly healthy and
happy in mind and body, care should
be takent to gently exercise three ysys-
4 tems-the social, the physical and the
meiitaLA Over exercise OF either at
the neglect Of others would have a
tendency to produce disease.
Another large audience assembled
last night to hear, the, Doctors second
lecture. Tile subject was "The Path
Y of Life. The, speaker stated in the
opening. Of lfis discourse that twenty
| ~ oh Of hn Ini fa1
| States die before they are two years of
age. One of the great causes is the
Efault Sof parents and nurses in not
knowing how to care for them; an
othergiin not knowing how to feed
them, dosing them with nostrums,
Ietc. 1t was shown by statistics that
4 fifty per cent. of all the people in the
United States die before they are
4 twenty-one years old. BY the laws oi
exception of those who inherit
disease, children are not born to die
They are intended by nature to grow
as trees, or animals are intended
to grow and live. All diseases whether
Inherited or not can be, cured by the
4 application of proper reme1fies. His
advice in relation to eating, drinking,
sleeping and habits of life We're ex'
cellent. -"i
\ The Doctor himself isa fine speci
men Of ssY xelastYsII9hssiqg latt III 9hsight WIZ sym
netry of proportion which is rarel,
seen nowadays. If he practices
; what he breaches, as we are bound Il
, suppose he does, we need no ,,,s:s !,
| convincing proof stL,Ulhis theories art
4 sound. = ~
q The subject for the lecture tomorrow
evening Is "Love, Courtship and Mar
l riage.u There will be large attend
t ance and we would advise our friends
: to, go early and secure, seats. t5tr.-
. 0.l iaiiT ID ..grILEL ;.L1AUNt