The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-28
THE BRAIN.
Bill Nye Emits Some Interesting Ideas
Regarding Our Thought Manufacturer

| Bib Nye Emits Some Interesting Ideas
Regarding Our Thought Manufactures q
| This article is designed more espe-
cially for those vertebrates who are able
70 keep and use their own brains. 1t is
not intended for the perusal Of thoss
who simply have a ganglion or nerve
center which they are using temporari-
ly until they can afford brain.
Man is more highly endowed with
brain than any other animal. Still,
nearly all animate creation has trace
of this organ-decreasing, Of course, in
intensity downward, from man TO the
lower mammals, birds, reptiles, batra-
CHA and fishes, till nearly all traces OF
the brain disappear in the omphiopas
and dude
The elephant has the heaviest brain
Of any animal. 1t often weighs as high
as nine or ten pounds The whale comes
next with q brain that weighs, per-
haps, five pounds So, great mental
strength is the result of quality moro
than quantity in the matter oil brain
tissue.
The brain of an adult man weighs
on an average, forty eight ounces, while
that of the average adult woman weighs
forty-four ounces. and yet woman is
far superior to man mentally. / have
obtained this information from lady
friend Of mine who is thoroughly trust
worthy.
| The brain is inclosed in bony sphere
called the skull. This bony envelope is
air-tight. The brain does not have to
be aired il it Is In normal condition.
1t should be kept inside the skull con-
stantly, and in as compact form as pos
sible, for when it Is otherwise great in
convenience may ensuc.
The parts Of the encaphalon, we are
told, are the oerebrun, cere6e'lun, me
dulLo 06tongata, pons vdrolii, o6iigdto,
pianissinso. Any one would think that
brain with all these things in it would
not feel well, but such is not the case.
The brain has been found, upon micro.
scopic investigation after death, to con-
tain not only the foreign microbes and
things named above, but also cineri-
tious stibs tanoe, cradal nerves, motor
ocxi, corpus coli0sIs,1, corpora strata,
thdlnni, fubercula quadregensin0, STAG.
cato, arbor pitr, crura cerebri, and
other foreign substances. which must
have made life a burden; and YET
death did not result for many years.
Nothing, however ~ SO destructive
to brain tissue as daylight. Many have
died almost instantly after light and
fresh air have been admitted into the
brain. The brain is one of the mos
useful of all our organs, and, therefore,
we should use every precaution to re-
tain it; for, like the seh-coeking revol
yer, man may struggle along fol
years without having occasion to use it
and yet when he does want to use IT hs
wants it very much. We might &c
along in society long time without b.
ing called upon for any mental demon
STRAIT on, but some day, without any no.
, tee whatever, we might be requested
by our host to express an idea and WI
would feel very much cut up to adm.
that we had left orr thinker at home OF
the piano.
/, Physiciatis who have never had mucf
/ experience with the brain, never having
had a case OF it in their own families
, nor stu lied its habits in other people
frequently make an erroneous diagnosis
where patient 10 suffering from brair
! trouble. / once knew young doctor
, WHO has snce resigne | b 8 lucrative
pract ce in order to &C sept a highly re
, sponsible position as chamberniaid IN {
! large livery-stable, to IN Ike a mistak'
of that kind. The patient was Ger
man, who was Unconscious a. the M
. the doctor was called The latter fel
! the pulse, examined the tongue, wro
out three pre.cr p.ions oil different drn,
1 ~. ~ saff4 ~ n
. on the part of the liver, AMI went away
! The coroner was no expert in cases O
= that kind, but he went at 1t on thu
theory that the brain had been affected
|. and traced up the symptoms till N
!, showed the jury that it was case Q
! quick coupling-pin on the brain. !
! seems that the patient had been expose,
at o saloon 6d a street, AMI this wa
followed in Quick SUGGESTION by coma
: semi-colon and full btop.
We should Toxic great care OF GU
: brain il we intend to use 1t. It is yer.
: sensitive ofgiI, and il easily af1ectet
!. by external Influences. Very little, afte
all, is known OF The location OF vari0u
= chronological organs in the brain. Tn
!. relation between thought and the ma
ter.al Organ which we call the brain is
|, little misty YET. 1t is not for poor
Z short lived, and puny iiian to know
= everything. The brain, however, Is
curious organ. 1t is COOL thing in it
!. place, but entirely useless when re
. moved from the party to whom it be
|. longs We should not oyerwork tn
{ brain, or strain II ia trying to think Q
I. hard words that no one else knows th'
!. meaning Of. Neither should we try t.
!. preserve our brain in alcohol during
: Office hours Alcohol and gray matte
: are always antagonislic Let US taxi
: good care Of our brains and not wea
them out trying to impart inf0rniatiel
to those who do not seek it. Anothe
thing that we should remember is tina
: the brain weighs about twenty times q
I much as the tongue, and, therefore
there is no physiological Law whicl
!, will require us to tell al We know
: BIZ Nye in The Arg0D0nt.
Standing by an Editorial Opinion.