West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-03-13
THE BRAIN.
Bin Nyo Emits Some Interesting Ideaa
Regarding Our Thought Manufacture.

cially for those yertcbrates who arc able
60 keep and use thoir own brains. Its
not intended for the perusal OF those
who simply have ganglion or nerve
couicr which they are using teloporari-
ly until they can afford brain.
Man is moro highly endowed with
brain SANa any other animal Still.
nNAyly all animate creation has a trace
81 this organ decreasing, OF course, in
intensity downward, from man To the
lower mammals, birds. reptiles, hatra-
CHA and fishes, I'll nearly all traces OF
the brain disappear In the dmphiOruS
and du,a.
The elephant has tho heaviest brain
IS any animal 1t often weighs as high
as nine or ten pounds The whale comes
haps, five pounds SO. great mental
strength is the result of quality more
than quantity in the matter OF brau,
tissue.
The brain of an adult man weighs.
on an average. forty-cight ounces while
that of the average adult woman weighs
torty-tOur ounces, and vet woman Is
far superior TO man mentally | have
obtained this information from a lady
friend of mine who is thoroughly trust
worthy.
The brain is incloscd in "A bouy sphere
called the skull. This bony envelope is
nir-ught. The brain does not have to
be aired if it is in normal condition.
II should be kept inside the skull con
stantly, and in rs compact form rs pos
sible, for when it is otherwise great in
convenience may cusue.
The parts of the cncaphalon. we are
told, are the cCrebrUpi, ccrebe 'iuHi, me
dHiid 0JiORgdid, yOHS UdrOii, obliydto,
pidR'SSimO. Any one would think that
a brain with all these things i'm il would
not feel well, but such is not the case.
The brain has been found upon micro
soopic investigation after death, To CON
tain not only the foreign microbes and
things named above, but also a cincri-
tiouS sub tance, Cranial nerves, motor
ocuif, corpus coliseum, corpora Sirilta,
hdiHi Ubcrcuid gUddrcgeBiiHa, STAGE
cato, drb)r UtG, CrUrd ccrcbri, aud
other foreign substances, which must
have made life a burden; and yet
death did not result for many ycnrs.
Nothing, however, is so destructive
10 brain tissue as daylight. Many have
fresh air have been admitted into the
brain The brain is one OF the most
useful of all our organs, and, therefore,
we should use every precautiOn TO re.
tain it; for, like the sclf-cocking rcvol.
yer, man may struggle along ion
years without having occasion to use it,,
and yet when he does want TO use 10 he
wants il very much. We might get
al In tnt l..
ing called upon for any mental demon.
straton, but some day without any mo-
ticc Whatever, we might be requested
by our host TO express an idea, and we
would feel very much cut up TO adm.
that we had left our thinker at home ON
the piano.
Physicians who have never had much
experience with the brain, never having
had case of il i'm their own families.
nor stu lied its habits in other people,
frequently make an erroneous diagnosi,
where a patient is suffering from brain
trouble. l once knew a young doctor,
who has since resigned h 3 lucrative
practc in order 90 accept highly re.
sponsiblc position as chambermaid in a
large liyery-stablc, 20 Ike a mistake
Of that kind. The patient was Ger.
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the doctor was called. The latter felt
the pulse, examined the tongue, wrote
out three pres or ptions ON different drug
stores for medicine TO encourage zeal
on the part OF the liver, an went away.
The coroner was no expert in cases OF
that kind, but he went at IL ON the
theory that the brain had been affected,
and traced up the symptoms till he
showed the jury that It was a case of
quick coupliug-pin on the brain. il
seems that tha patient had been exposed
at a saloon on A street, and this was
followed in quick succession by coma,
scmi-CClOn and full stop
We should tske great care Of our
brain If we intend 10 use it. II is very
sensitive organ. and is easily affected
by external influences. Very little, after
all, is known Of The location Of various
phrenoloy yical organs in-the brain. The
relation between thought and the ms-
ter al organ which we call the brain Is "a
little misty yet IL is not for poor,
short lived, and puny man 10 know
everything. The brain. however. is q
curious organ. Il is Il gooI thing i'm its
place but entirely useless when re-
moved from the party TO whom 10 be-
longs We should not oycrgork the
brain, or strain 10 In trying 10 think OF
hard words that no one else knows The
meaning Of Neither should we try to
preserve our brain in alcohol durinp
Office hours. Alcohol and gray matter
arc always antagopis'ic. Let u- take
good care Of our brains and not wear
them ont trying ~ impart information
tO those who do not seek il Another
thing that we hOu.d remember BE- Chat
the brain weighs about twenty tm0s as
much as the tongue. aud. therefore.
there is no physiological law which
viii require us 90 tell all we know