Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-19
THE NEW DISCOVERY
BY WHICH MANKIND SHALL BE EMAfJ,
ClPATED FROM NERVES
Fibers cf One Class of Nerves Grated
Upon Those of Another Ciass-Ter-
ribie Pains Changed into
I:.:-fnie.. Sensations.


Detroit Free preSSl
1t was not Socrates who sail perfect hap
pines Is impossible beau e man has nerves.
but the remark might have been made with
entire truth by the great discoverersof hem
lock an antiio.e for a scolding wife. For
It Is 10 tie nerves chiefly that mankind, and
especially wonIankind, owes the ma jor por-
ton of it, sufferingS The amount of misery
occ2sioEei by mere nervousness. 50 called,
is very great; and when we add these 10 the
special paEgs for which separate and in Ii
yiduai branches OF the nervous system are
directly responsible. tie sum total becomes
Simply incalculable. II IL were no. for his
meddie-oue nerves man could bump his
heal or pinch his fingers, or even have his
corHs tr jIien on without any serious annoy
ance. Fra AMI frost would lose all their
tsTrorv; ard the fiend, neuralgia, would re-
turn how ing to his den, if he has one, and
be known no more among the children o!
men.
Tne medical profession has long recognize
this tyranny Of The nervous system. 1t could
hardly help doing so since 1t Is one of the
chief sources # the medical mans income.
b; with i self-sa riicing spirit rarely found
in any prof s,isn. tbs doctors have stadi-
ousiy sought 10 relieve mankind from the
tyranny. Their Eoble efforts have not Teen
uaavaiiing In the current number of The
Medical News II Is re.atei thai DR.. Edward
I. ReicEert has been cyrerimenting recently
in tie laboratory Of Professor Scbiff at Ge-
neva upon the reunion OF divided nerves
His object in the plain untechnicai language
of The News, was TO determine whether
filter, o. nerves OF entirely different origin
eu fun cti0n. though still motor OF sensory,
woaH unite, AID should regeneration occur,
TO ascertain whether motor nerve was ca
pab.e oi conveying impulses peculiar to an
9th r sensory nerve To this end. the vague
AMI hypo-iosSal nerves were selected as
being of distinct ori,ia AID function, AMI rs
aifOr linz tic lest facilities for observation.
Five doSs were prepared by Professor
Schif by cutting the hyT1siossal on one
side close 70 It's exit from The Uranium and
the vagEs 1T the thyroid gland. The PERI
pierai mi OF the hypoglossal was sutured
20 tine central end Of the vayus by a silk
thread through the neurilemma.' The re-
suit, we quote from the remarkably clear
statement of The News, proved that the
motor filters Of the vacuS in the five dog
operated upon united to similar fibers of the
Evpo .los=ai, and that the hypoglos al fiber
conveyed impulses which were peculiar t
the vagus apparatus They showed. more
over that in at leas: ons dog. irritation o:
:l- sensory fiieT. in the hypoglossal trunk
gave rise to Impulse which were conveyed
~ the sel-ory EDerS Of the vEgus to the
vagus center. and produced Effects like
.hJss produced by excitation OF the vagus
TRUNK thus proving in both instances that a
motor or sens1ry nerve can convey impulses
peculiar - another motor or serSury nerve
Il entirely different origin and function
Lake all great Inventions i ve.'y simple
VIII ~ You Uncs get the hang of it. Like
mo; great inventions. also there will uIi-
dUu { .,.ly lie mistakes at first IL operating
it. IN detaching the nerves that carry pain
tu, sensations and tying them to Others
w.,Se purposes are peaceful the several por.
ton, Of the latter must. Of cOur>e, b. taken
care Of. Without great care tlis process
may result in serious confusion. i; not in
grove unpleas While it would be
ca: for rejoicing il a nerve, bent on pro-
Ia ing a twinse Of the govt, could b. baked
ol Il, urpo-e and compile TO content itself
7.i,h 4 mere wink OF nod. i; would he q seri
on, matter If the nerve, whose ordinary vo-
cation i, t. att nj t. harmless winnin5 and
no !iing, Should fal itself compelled 10y its
ing business Yet il is inevitable that such
Rs Is should follow from an imperfect com
J,reAensIon of the new method Perhaps il
Is just as we'll Otherwise the doctors who
are entitled to much credit in the premise;
might lind heir services dispensed with al.
together too spec .ily.
The grandest promise Of the new discovery
lies IN IL application to the reformation Of
crlm:nals Tne prison surgeon of the future
calirl u examine the convict Just sentenced
W. q gerta Il what his crime is and the
nerve co4r.e followed by his sensations in
car. y.H. out his purpos,. Then by judi
cioas US, OF the scslpsl and proper sub
seq lest treatment ne will shunt the murder
Gus or burgla-iou, sensation in such direc-
tion That IL viii eventuate il an irresistible
impuis; t. wo-S. The reformation thus
e.Tectsl WI o. rl!irai AL complete and It
viii only b ne esSary t. prevent by string
ont enactm 4. a..y yea j I,tment of the con-
v.ct's Uerv 60 - criminal basis by irre5-
ponsihl oat- g.. pTacr TONERS.