The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-25
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computation has been made by Ger
man histologist that the human brain
is composed of no less than 100000
900 nerve cells, each an Independent
body, organism and microscopic brain
SO far as concerns its vital relations.
AS each nerve cell is estimated to
1--we about sixty days, s5,oo0,0Oo
must die every day, about 100000
every hour. and nearly $500 every
minute The dying cells are re-
placed by an equal number Of their
progeny, and once in every sixty
days mans brain is entirely re-
aewed
uesses at Human Antiquity.-
While the great antiquity of the hu-
man race has oeen established be-
yond q doubt, it is impossible to as
siga any accurate date to mans first
appearance upon earth. :'ln making
Standings in the Shiny soil Of the
sssle valley says Prof. N. Jolly, of
the Science Faculty Of Toulouse,
.Gwo baked bricks were discovered,
J one at "a depth of twenty, the other of
tWenty-four yards. If we estimate
tie thickness of the annual deposit
formed By the river at eight inches a
century, We must assign to the first
ot these bricks an age CT 10000 0years,
and to the second that If il, 600. By
means of analogous calculations, Bur
meister snpposes 72,ooo years to
have elapsed since the first appear
ance ofman upon the soil of Egypt,
and Draper attributes to the Europe
IN man who witnessed the last gla-
cial epoch an antiquity OF more than
25e, 900 years
Snails are possessed OF remarka-
bic vitality. Mr.. R. E. G. Stearns has
mentioned one-of the species Hello
HeHchii-which lived without food
from 1859 to 1866 and another
Buliaas palZidior-waich appeared
te be in good health after fast Of
two years, two months and sixteen
days Both Of these species inhabit
nearly fainless -egions.
S5amese Medical Science.-The ST.
amese, according to an account lately
given by DR. E. A. Surge, regard ali
nature as composed of four elements
earth, water, fire and wind. These
same elements are supposed to make
up the human body, which is COM
posed Of twenty kinds Of earth,twelEe
kinds of water. six kinds Of wind,.and
four kinds of fire. Tie body is divided
into shirty-two parts, such as the.
skin, heart, lungs, etc. 1t is thought
to be subject to ninety-six diseases,
! due to the disarrangement of its ele-
ments. Too much fire causes fevers,
an excess Of water produces dropsies,
earth gives rise to disease by inyisi-
bic and impalpable mists and vapors,
and wind can cause al manner Of
complaints. While almost every
thing is used as medicine, the bones
and skins Of various animals, and
the gals Of snakes. tigers and liz
ards, etc, are tavuriSe rvu>fi:>s 5.
Burnt human tepes, powdered ana
R.ixed with alum. are nseG OF! ui,> IS;
the eye-teeth OF Various ai;.: ais
5 suciI IS bears. tigers and lions
ground up together, tor.n the favo-
rite curative for isvers; a1d the asks
OF eaftb-worms a:.'s i.nln;sn i:sasir, mix
ed with cccoanut-oii, ere often EN-
s,soysd for cas-. The Siamese know
little Of anatomy. They are not aware
that the heart is connected with the
eireal&tioa bUt suppose that organ
s 10 81 about tie size Of an almond.
70 be 4 cavity filed with fluid
5s.,,ss::.:; e::aog;,s cD'nc and consistency
.gsee -pes-fc:9s.
IS been assertv,i SHAT tee COM
gaa white is!r Li3iusS candiduno]
gToigs in Palestine only as :, caltiva
III Tower ant IS not native OF he
sad.ftsy, and tia5 consequently. i: e
jiiiSs af Scripture must have been de-
rived from some other plant. a
French botanist, however, states that
many Wild specimens Of this lily
have been obtained from the Leban.
or, one OF which ne possesses.
So perfect age the !ncandeseent
electric lamps pow made that eee os
the Swan type nas sustained $500
hours OF use. Many have lasted 1000
hours.
TIE Ssirs Ea.actisants.-Wers the
humsp snhahitants Of the globe as
numerous as are the humblest Of our
servants, the earth-wormz: every acre
of land would have to sustain a great
city. In his memoir, showing the i'm
persance Of tbs work done by the
worms in fitting the soil for the use
sof plants, Darwin estimated that
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