The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-06
NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY.

THE CORRELATION OF THE NERvE-CURRENT
AND THE sUNBEAM-LECTURE BY JARVIS s.
WIGHT, NJ. D., OF BROOKLYN.
The last lecture Of the present season was delivered
last night before the New York Neurological Society,"
No II West Thirty.arst street, by DR.. JARVIS wight
The lecture very remarkable one, not only by
reason Of the exceeding importance Of the subject
but also account oil tho great depth and lucdity
with which It was treated.
Briefly stated, the lecture embodied the statement
that all the force involved in the and
satons rcfcrablc to tho sunbeam and that this
force Is neither less than the triple
the sunbcamlight, heat aud aiinity-transmu,cd and
thus becoming the forces upon which all and
every species of vitality depend for their present
form and its Conservation.
This statement, 1t will be admitted, Is broad and
comprehensive us II could be- Dr. Wight began by dc
timing the used nerve is matter under or
ganic relation. current Transmission OF force
through matter in motion. Therefore a ne-ve-current
Is the transmission Of though moving un-
der organic relation.
What is the sunbeam II Is triple band Of forces
made up Of heat, light and affinity. These forces en-
circle the world Matter organic and Inorganic gray.
itatcs and yipratcs OF force, and tho sun
lifts up all things his molecular presence by his
potential li,c-gving beams.
Nerve matter is conducting axis cylinder in in
suiatng neGuia which is invested with protecting
sheath, aud y under organic relation The molecules
oil the nervcmattcr have organic relation because they
have weight temperature, affinity and magnetism, and
conduct impressions and impulses A clear con-
ccption OF what current Is IS absolutely essential
There may be progression Of matter. IN tho
flowing river: there may he vibration OF matter.
the water tho lightning The matter
progresses. but the force flows there rs current OF
force.
rag SUNBEAM
is triple current Of iorcesheat, light and affinity
%
OF these forces the symbols OF definite magntudcs
and of measurable forces There no snch thing
nervous ruid IN. the sense OF an impondcrabIc
nud, but there Is nerve current an the sense
in winch current has just been defined. Force flows
through the nerve; iorcc is transmitted In the
axis cylinder, leapng from PARTICLE to particle;
aud this dy mamie on NOV Is the ''nervc current"
Thus science, usual. reaches into the universe
by means Of symbols and images
Force and motion are the essentials OF the
rent In wat way Is the nerve current related 10 tho
sunbeam TITS tho lecturer answered by asklng-1s
there "A correlation Of force IN the currcnty Is
there conservation Of force the conductou OF i'm.
pressions impulses? Docs tho sunbeam excite sen.
sal on and scnscya question oi transccndcnl import,
rs opening up to phases OF the oil mat
ter ana force The boay OF man does stand by
itself but Is essentially dependent and Is profoundly
iu,crpenctrated by physical forces
QUESTION N DETAIL.
The lecturer asked hts hearers to bridge the ap.
pareu but not real chasm between the forccs Of
aud the inner forces OF the human nerves. In
ves,igaon shows that there Is no break between the
cause and the inception OF the nerve current
The accept aerial vibrations On the one
hand there nosc caused by single blow on the ear
drum the other. there u music caused by reru-
lar series OF little blows Fifty blows will make very
low note, twenty thousand Will make very high one.
The ear drum made tor the air waves to tap and
beat upon IL accepts aerial vibrations, e. vt0rates
IL communicates its vibrations To the accepting ends OF
the hamcnts OF the auditory nerve These are trans
united To the auditory axiscylnder, ana this consi-
tues the auditory nerve current
What has this To do with the sunbeam The storm,
the muscular force ia seech and INSTRUMENTAL sound
are uiit up by the sunbeam Every sound IN nature
~ produced by the forces set In motion by the sun
beam, and these ia upon the drum and are trans
muteJ INTO nerve pulse Thus the force the sunbeam
Is indirectly correlated nerve force and conserved
ia the auditory nerve
rnk SUNBEAM AND THE
The eye, or photic sense organ, affected by tho
ether waves OF the middle portion OF the spectrum,
namely, the color band. composed OF the seven
primary colors The aciiuic rays be ,ond the
violet. and tie heat rays Lcyond the red, arc
Invisible. Color Is force, occupying time and
space; the former Ny having dimension, tho latter
having Duration The average length Of OF light
BY oge IL iorly eight thousandth part Of inch III