Smyrna times., 1879-07-16

Boutibouse, "for a cannon ball has carried
Oft my legs" The surgeon examined the
limbs referred to, then giving him good
shake, said, with a joyous laugh, "get up
with you, there is nothing the matter with
you." NJ. Boutibous Immediately sprang
up in astonishment, and stood firmly upon
the legs he had thought lost forever. al
telt more thankful" said Boutbouse, "then
had ever done in the whole course of my
llte before. | had not a wound about me.
had indeed been shot down by an i'm
mense cannon ball, but instead of having
passed through my legs as l firmly believed
1t had, the ball had passed under my feet
and ploughed hole beneath at least a foot
in depth, into which my feet suddenly sank,
giving me the tdea that | had thus heen
shortened by the loss of my legs"
The fact that sensations may be modified
by previous beliefs, which must be within
the experience of every one, is remarkably
illustrated by the well known exclamation
OF Dr. Pearson, "Bless me, how heavy it is"
when he first poised upon his finger the
glooule OF potassium produced by the
battery OF Davy; his perception of the coin
cldence between metallic lustre and high
specific gravity, causing him to feel that as
ponderous, which the unerring test Of the
NNeSAhiAilCA W OC ISulGE lldu
water.
Again A clergyman said in his parish
a woman was suspicioned of having poison.
ed her new born infant. The coffin was ex-
humed and the procurater fiscal who at
! tended with the medical men to examine
the body, declared that he already perceived
the odor OF decomposition, which made
MN teel faint, and in consequence he with.
drew. But opening the coffin it was found
empty; and it was afterwards ascerCainsd
that no child had been born, consequently
no murder committed
frequently meet with persons Of high
standing, whose ideational process is weaken
ed from emotional perverson, tending to the
formation OF those erroneous notions of the
nature OF external objects, whereby the
subject OF it is environed, which are com.
monty termed false perceptions, such affect
ing several individuals simultaneously
Ibus:- "A whole ships company was thrown
into the utmost CONSERVATION, by the an
partition OF cook who had died few dayl
before. lie was seen walking ahead of tn,
ship with peculiar gait by which he wa
distinguished when alive, through havin.
one OF his legs shorter than the other. Or
steering the ship towards the object, it wa
found TO be piece of floating wreck Tn,
origin OF such decisions is thus essential,
cerebral, whilst pure illusions are sentoriai
4 Not merely are subjective sensations, Tx
all others, rendered more intense by tn
dTtcte0n OF the attention to them, but the,
may be actually called into existence b.
the tiXation Of the attention on certail
parts OF the body; and, with yet create
force by the 6clict' in the existence of obiec
, tive causes for such sensations
Thus, If the middle finger Of either han,
be crossed behind the fore-fnger, so that it
: extremity is on the radial side of the latte
and the ends Of the two fingers be over
, marble, pea or any round body, a sensatio
: will be produced, which, if uncorrected b
a reason, would cause the mind to believe i
the existence of two distinct bodies; tn
q is due to the impression having been mad
1 at the same time upon the radial side
+ the fore-hnger, and the under side of til
n middle tinger-two spots, which in the
J. natural position, are at considerable di
:, tance.
: How a man feels with his head off! 1t
q considered Physio- -Psychologically that IL
" brain is the seat of sensation to the who
n frame, and that all parts of the body belo
a the point at which it may be divided, mu
n be deprived of feeling. Bat it by I
70 means follows that the head is deprived
Il sensation or feeling Immediately after
capitation, nor that it may not retain
~. consciousness for several seconds, if II
many minutes. ! would not as some e
# tremists, say,-"lke the head of the Iri
\. Knight, who was killed by Salladin in Il
70 Holy War, get up and declare "that it h;
a. never been cut off by so sweet a cymet
before" nor like that of the assassin Legal
70 'swear roundly at the executioner for n
in keeping a keener axe" But it is oui
N possible for the head to be engaged in {
90 very serious affection upon the irrevocabili
II of its fate and the awfulness of its depri,
n. tion. In support Of this, many facts a
or produced, with many grave vouchers,
ad their authenticity. Among others me
10 ton, Mary, Queen of SCOTS, whose Ii
av continued to move as if in prayer for at lei
ne a quarter of an hour after the execution
ON had performed his duties Prof. Wine
nj. states that when he put his mouth close
va the ear of decapitated criminals he
,re and called him by name the eyes turned
of the side from whence the voice came.
he this fact attested to by Morego, Gulliti
IN. Nawchez and Aldini, all physicians.
the word murder being called in the case
of a criminal executed for that crime at C
st. lentz, Germany, the half closed eyes oper
are wide with an expression of reproach
~ those who stood around.
mo The movement of the "headless snail
is entire excitor motory, or "rehex," aUitl
= Sensation-pass a wire through the spi
rar. canal so as to destroy the spinal mario,
his all motion ceases. Every segment of
rds spinal marrow is an independent centr,
ms. nervous power-hence we see paralysi
the lower limbs of man. he may not
in. able to execute voluntary movements
ipi. both the gray and white matter may he
'se volved. but just place piece of hot M
The to the sole, or tickle the sole of the
an with a feather, and Immediately con
nal sions of the lower limbs take place.
too, without sensation, if the marrow
ms severed,
,ed, The aCiaptOeness of reRer movements i.
mi. proofofthe existence of either consciousi
mi. or soiH of the being who executes tn
The adaptation is made for the being
nse By it; and it arises from the law impre
At by the Creator upon the nervous system
,ga. means of which, a certain movement a,
;blv ted to produce certain effect, is execl
was by a certain impression.
,ket This subject Is nteresting-not odd.
His CHARLES d. GREEN, NJ.
ssed PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 1lth, 1876.
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