Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-12
DT. CarmiChaGlS Argument. WilsOnia and Physicians.
New ArticIe Oct, 9th,

NC" AEG1S1o OCUs ObAs
 let us next inquire into the various opinions of physiologists respecting the of electric force in the nervous stem As in most every dis cussion upon points of physiological interest and importance we observe an equal discrepancy this direction also. Some contend that the nervous pow CTS of the body electric others that they electric, others again that they ga vanic, and others still who evsde the question by declaring that they are obscure and impossible to determine We will cite a few of these pinions In speaking of nerve force 6 distinguished modern physiologist says :: 6Its production is one of the most remarkable of the phenomena of life, and essence, the exact mechanism of its generation s one of the problems ologists. We know, however, that in the operations the system the nerves serve simply ductors and the cells generate the nerve force It is evident also that nearly a of the socalled vital phenomena leEs influenced and controlled through this wonderful agent" Again, when we come study action of electricity upon the nerves shall see that 1t is by far the most con- venisnt for eTeitiIg the me nervous % sSo1 and So great the similarity indeed between certain of and those attending the physiological action that phyHiologsts have regarded the nerve cells as generators of an electric current. Again when force with electricity compelled to admit that the agent generated by the centres is sui eris' and not to be compered with any force known outside living organisms, but admit, neverthe less the that electricity may be generated by inas the electric shes and that electric currents exist in different anatomical structures in the living body, including the nerves, under certain condi- tions" Again. S'the lo2e their irritabl ity after they have been separated from the centres This logs of conducting power is attended with in- portant structural change in the nerve flores. The tubes lose their normal appearance, and the medul- lary matter becomes opaque and coaguates in large drope The a1is-cyIinder is not so much modified in structure, but certainly oaes it's characteristic physiological properties.n Again, electricity s the bast means we have of artifcially exciting the nerves" etc. And so we might go on quoting from authority after authority the inherent electric properties of the nervous system or their absence seemed consistent with the ideas or preudices of writers and experimenters upon the wonderful reve
 ations of phys1o ogy. We might also cite the unmis takable evidences of the present existence Of electricity or we think of magnetic force in the nervous system. by innumersble experiments upon
 living animals which, after the abolition of nerve force by cutting the nerves and thus ssvering their connection with the sources from which their force is supplied. The original power which charac terized them whether it be of sensory, notor spe ciaI sense or other nature be made manifest and temporarily restored by the artificial application Of netic properties. JULIUS 4fESs Agent,
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