Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-06-16

Ippsite from what might be expecfed.
Imbecile children have been known
to acquire some degree of mental abiil.
| ity by 4 blow s5h Mei head, white sen-
sible persons frequently lose : portion
| Of their sense ia the sanes way. The
|case Of : gentleman y cited who, ~
.. blow on the head from . damnderr
lost bic knowledge Of Ggeek,s An
Irish farmer, being struck * paraly-
sis, found, on biz recovery. that AZ had
lost al knowledge Of nouns and prop
ers names, and the most remarkable
thing was he could remember IT, iinli-
tial letter, Of the word he wished To
pronounce, but no more. Ia few
cases OF brain disease persons have
forgotten acqnireda languages, and =
knowledge of their mother tongue
has retured; but DR., johnson, when
dying, tried in vain to repeat fhe
Lords Prayer ID English, but did so
in Latin. Acuriots anomaly IA brain
action 10 that the brain can stand still
for years, and then, on recovery, take
up exactly the same chain of thought
which was,interrupted By disease Or
accident.r 5tIs9a as;a as;t..sgsss
"A farmer Of New England
one day hwent homes : from his
field, after hiding his bee
tie and wedgesin hollow tree. That
night he lost his reason, and remained
q lnnatic for eighteen years. A fortu-
nate accident restoring, bis mental fac
ulties. he sat up in bed, and asked if
the boys had brought the beetle and
wedges home Being told they had
not, he went to the tree, found them,
and brought them back. An English
Captain, struck on the head at the
battle Of the Nile, while giving an or
der, remained unconscious for eighteen
months. Being, restored by : snrgi-
cal operation, he sat up and, to the as
tonishment Of his attendants, shouted
in stentorian voice the remainder OF
the. interrupted order. Il is not lit
tie remarkable that serious injuries
have occurred to ), the brain. without
material detriment to. the mental pow
ers, while, on the other hand, the most
critical and scientific. examination Of
the brain matter of insane persons
fails to disclose any difference between
it and the brain substance of the sane.
Soldiers have been. known to carry
bullets in their brains without serious
and operations for the re-
n,oval Of the balls, still further injur-
ing the brain, had no effect ula their
powers. i A case is detailed
Of man who received blow, ON the
head which fractured the skull and
suppuratipn hy which more
than half bis. rbrain was destroyed,
and yet he retained his mental facpl-
ties in full force till he died. 800
i The brain sometimes loses contrDl
Of the muscular system, as in St. vi
tus' dnnce, IN which the patient has
no voluntary control. Of his muscles. j
Sometimes the physical spasm il in
one direction Sunly, as I'M the case of
) lady whose mental disease prompted
her to doublelup her body and make
leaps like ~ fish,. "a moro sing0lar
case was that of = girl, who. while the
[it of mental alteration was on her,
did nothing but repeat the action Of
dn her head. These acts
were in consequence Of diseased brain.
Ia health, ~ We all know, the brain
exercises control over the: minute,
not only Of voluntary action, .but alSo
of memory; but III disease. .particulsr
Dlips of remembrance are often ex-
|racted from the mind and total blanks
sxist in their place An old soldier, 81
Eer having sustained the removal of -
bullet from his brain, was found 10
have forgotten the odd pumbera; And
J teacher, shivinglhad brein fever,
orgot the lettal r., Sometimee 3 spd-
len etfection Of the brain TempYes
rhole assesHof' skRaylelge ~ opce.
An Italian, who M npester 0f The
languages, Was stHufk dQNn bY.
lisease which, ffecked III brain "A
~ day II Ihia tts = !, -
ieh3st stha lnngnegs ho sha6 M
lnire1s ~ disaaa l11 : n. q 8
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