New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-03

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par vagum In the neck that the communication be-
tween the broncba and the no longer exists II
you insotlae earboDie acd into the lungs there
more stoppage of the activity Therefore the stoppace
LOON laee through the influence propa gated
.ne ranhcaiiuns OF the par toward the brain.
herne mas insisted upon there many facts
show that the very Effort OF breathing brings with II
cuee that stops breathing. Toe very fact OF drawing
air He has gone little farther than should 20 in
that the expulsion Of air from the lungs is
'uo VI stOppaee OF expiration II seems In reality a.
these three movements. the Of heart,
" Inspiration, and expiration, had associated with
mem cause that diminished them. When that cause
Is deficient In morbid states then we find the move
mens OF the heart becoming exceedingly rapid and
nnu tue movements OF respiration becoming exceed
ngly rapid and tamultuous The regulation OF those
Of those powers Of arrest '' Which EXIST
there; As regards the heart. in cases
OF palptston for instance we have a simple of
uIhshng the plantation; II IL breathing IN rapidly
anu urol0y good deal OF arr, dating tho chest a.
hnenee ~ developed which, found be the result
OF the association of the force that to the
stops the hearts action At tue time that the
rem goes from the brain 20 the muscles Of the chest 20
dlate II current associated with that goes down the
par sgum toward the heart 10 dgDDish action. In
health AT every moment tins thing takes place IL
Of breathing act which mOdoTates the action OF the
heart SO then there il admirable provision ei nature
something which takes place usually along with IT,
MEANS OF CHECKING COUGHING, sSEEzIYG, &c.
There are many facts, which show that morbid phc
nomena respiration can he also stopped by the Dfu
ence Of arrest Coughing, for instance, be stopped
by pressing the the Zip In the neighborhOod
OF the nose. pressure there may prevent cough
when II is beginning SneCzlng may be stopped by the
mechanism. Pressing also in the neighbOrh0Od OF
the right in front Of the may stop coughing
IL also OF hccOugh but much less 80 than Tor sueez
ing coughing Pressing very hard the top Of the
mouth inside also means OF stopping coughing And
may that the VIII has immense power there. There
French soldier who used 10 say, whenever he en-
tered the wards OF his hospital The nrst patient who
coughs here viii be deprived OF FOOD today" III was
exceedingly rare thdt a ptucnt cOughch tuth
There are many other affections associated with
breathing which can he stopped by the same meehan-
rn chat stops tile hearts action. Ia spasln OF the
g0tuS, which terrible thing IN children, az you wei
know, A. 10 sometimes canses death ana also M WhOop-
mg-cOugh. II possible 10 aDQy1 relief ny throwing
cold water on the face or by lcang the solcs OF the
feet which produces laughter aud at the time goes
To the gray matter that J. producing the splsm and
arrests il almost at once. would not say tnat these
means are always successful would not FAY that We
always prevent cough by our vii; bat in many
instances those things possible and II You remember
that ia bronchitis and pneumonia, any other acute
affection VI the ag-. hacking or coughing greatly
tT5d-es trouble AZ times. You can EASILY see how i'm
portaut is for the patient TO Try to aYod coughing a.
There is also a series Of other c0uvusve movements
more OF less associated win breathing, and very
important in tnos cases to eounteract the influence by
actOu on certain parts. There IL form OF epilepsy
which consists almost exclusively in what Basil Hall
has called laryngismus. lie hat an idea that 10
essential open the trachca and let the patient breathe
through opening there But TINS IS not al all neces
sary even il II did good. Touching the larypX with
sponge charged with solution Of nitrate 81 silver Will
very frequently prevent layngIsmus, when lt has lust
begun and u has very little power Bnt IN those cases
of larvngeal epilepsy, IN which the commissions come
from affections caused by spdsm OF the iarynX, there
l. no doubt that this device expedent changes the
activity IN tue muscles, and that activity Is enough to
produce q cure.
There are "A good many other phenomena Of arrest.
The most interesting are those relating 10 tue brain.
TINS lecture speak Oi than OF them,
aud arrest OF the cerebral activity of thought,
OF consciousness. IL II well known that IN epilepsy
etra activity Is lost 1t wellknOwn, Also that in
certain cases of syncOpe u is lost. lu OF sleep
also II lost except OF course IN great dreamers, and
then there hardly C0nseiOusness and IN any case
condition uGte different from that or wakefuness
There evidence that a theory winch / advanced
the loss OF activity 10 the brain
only partially true IL that contraction spasm
takes place IN the blood vessels OF the BRAIN that blood
does Dot circulate there any more, and that as then
supposed the stOppage OF the circulation causes ces
.aOn activity OF the brain. But there another
case in these which there cannot be a cOnrac
ou OF the blood vessels because the principal nerve
which produces these cOpraCtiOns has been divided;
aud even those Cases loss OF Consciousness can take
place suddenly. Pricking the base OF the brain
NAV cause "A complete loss OF consciousness IN an
animal after a DIVISION OF the nerves that 40 20 the
base the We cannot attribute thdt loss OF con
sIosnesS OF circulation, for the blood may De
circulating But there ~ another TACT III We gal
vauze the par 10 arrest the hearts action.
there then a. circulation ~ all IA the brain; anu We
have galvanized Only the part 81 the nerve winch goes
tn the heart after having divided IT, so that there Il no
circulation all IN the brain the animal remains con-
sclOus for eight ten seconds. Therefore, wlen we
find IN some cases that certain irritation Will produce
loss of consciousness Immediately cannot look upon
the loss beng due 10 the cessation OF
circulation IN brain. naJ cessation does not ln-
medlatey canse loss of cOuscIOusnezs IL cholera,
TOO the brain remains active sometimes, athOugh
there IL no cirsuatiOu IN the Dran' althOuRh the
blood there perfectly black II shows that the brain
even OF oxygen We must therefore admit that there l.
an active cause which produces the cessation OF the
activity OF the brain IN those cases III when aus pro-
duccd by the cessation OF the nervous system.