Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-06-24
RECENT BIOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES
Darwin, buckley. ct al Take Notice.


the most distinguished Of German
natUralists, yet it is suspected by some
that his devotion 10 science has dam
aged his mental faculties, or he may
be exploring an orbit OF thought far
beyond what his predecessors have
attained, and what seems to the vul
car an alteration Of mind may be the
jar and oscillation occasioned by the
near and opening view Of grand and
Startling discoveries. 1t viii be re-
mcmbered that Froschen, in an essay
read by him before the Imperial Iy-
ccum at Berlin some months ago,
claimed precedence of the English
natTals,, Darwin, in the discovery Of
the mobility of species. But he en-
tircly disagrees with Darwin's asser-
ton that the immediate progcnitor Of
man was the monkey. Froschen, by
a series Of experiments, which have
been vouched for by many learned
naturalists, among whom Hegel and
Vogtmight be named, has come very
near remodeling some Of the Batra-
ethan tribe into very fair specimens Of
the gems homo small specimens, Of
course
" THE general resemblance If the
body and limbs OF a frog to that of a
man, that it rejects the caudal append
age with which Nature attempts to
degrade it, that it is found on the di-
vidinu ridge between water and the
land, induced Froschen to believe that
some earlier specimen had jumped,
per SaltUm, from the Shiny ooze to
mans estate Froschen had a pond
constructed on slough from the river
Meuse; he rumaged the waters and
swamps far and near and procured
frogs Of sill sizes, varieties and capac
tiles lie followed the surface of flat
stones into indentation such as would
Gt neatly the limbs and body of the
animal to be operated upon; but the
bed was so carved out as to impose
upon the frog, more and more, the
shape and proportions Of the human
body, neck, arms, hands, legs and
feet. The frogs were then extended in
the matriX prepared for them by
means OF slender leather straps which
seyeraIy passed over the body and
limbs and were fastened into the stone
at their sides. The staff OF the
Neadeiten visited this Batrachiary
when at its best, and they testify with
one accord that by tying silken cord
around the heat OF some of the larger
frogs, little back Of the eyes, as per-
feet a neck had been wrought out, or
rather wrought in, as Eugenie could
show when in her glory. The claws
were divided into thumbs and fingers;
the legs and feet were in perfect keep
ING with the human anatomy. some
Of these candidates wore tiny gloves,
pantaloons, boots and spurs, and
where the head had become sufficient
lyrounded 1t well became an INLAND 5
cap.
" But what we are now about TO
tell, and that upon our veracity, too,
says the NeUbeH0," is, that Herr
FroSchen had actually succeeded in
ENGRAVING both human ears and
tongue upon the head of several Of
his pets. Just over the auditory
nerve, on each side Of the head, he
lifted a scalp not more than two bar
ley-corns in diameter, allowing the
flaps or scalps to remain attached to
the head by slight cdtaneous integu-
ment. Froschen was seen day ont
and day in endcavorng to give to
these Iappets the form and power Of
the human ear. Of course be would
have failed, but here an accident in
terycnel. lie experimental with a
gutta percha tube about FIVE feet
long and not thicker than his little
! finger. He used this as a sort Of
speaking or whispering trumpet, and
i placing the nozzle close to the naScent
ear, be discovered that the uttering
Of articulate sounds inspired it with
sudden motion, and the lappet seemed
rs if trying to take the form Of an
ear drum and external cartilage. Re
peating this whispering process and
vocal communication with his pupils
from day TO day, the lappets became
| firm glistle; then, almost transparent,
but with al of the winnings, cavities,
curves and Innings and edges of the
most perfect human ear. Froschen
was astounded to discover that the
explosion of articulate sounds under
water produced agitations whose out
/ lines or circlets were geomettical fig
ures the circle, cycloid, spiral, elipse,
| parabola, &c, were all generated,
and in short, these figures in the
water, which represented appropriate
words, could be read with the same
facility as ordinary type. 1t was now
perfectly manifest that it was the in
teraction of these figures within the
brain that produced tie phenomena Of
thought or mind. But to 90 on with
the experiment: As the organ Of
hearing began to perfect itself after
the human type, the lips, tongue and
mouth Of the plastic Batrachan fol
/ lowed the same model Froschen
taught his learned frogs the alphabet,
and it convulsed the neighboring
urchins with laughter and delight,
when the frogs would unite with them
and sing in concert
b G D E F G,
II X L-M-N-O-P, &c.
20 Froschen has proven that the
animal organs may be formed and
perfected by articulate sounds impart
inc a peculiar movement to aqueous
particles. And what if all animated
/ Nature is the result of articulate or
musical sound ? In fact, Moses ac-
counts for the Creation Just in this
way Let tie waters bring forth, >
etc. Tie agitation caused by these
articulate words filed the ocean with
all forms Of life.
But" concludes the "Nevkeiten,
"these experiments SO marvellous and
useful to science, were brought to a