Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-17

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Eo2e % fks t1fge hap9 t1eEe ben 80
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a1o comp3eio F1cogoEY. 50 far, 4tso.
tae Ze1 ara cured q fteiF epaisPsg, bot
= considerable tine nus Be Psrnfitee
- el3p9s before any elEi@ laE EeEmz-
nEnee q res1ll can b established.
WhaE b aatnaily proved nt pfaaaat -
taAs y naa benuusa pn3zl3ia. ~ the oo-
ssEEm4a0n Of sympt1mss nos ouiY . DE-
taEEnin1 fhs faes a. the exia1enae 81
some murbid Rrowtn withiu tAe aknil. boa
al80 % defarmin8 i1s pE0olN peaition
Elth slon ace1Faey Eaaf q can - eaf
diva Gpou and removed. u b also
proved that eonsidsraeie pcEti1na q
brain Ray - FsmoEad gitkeat ininry.
TIE fnnoitous b Which these portions
are anhssrVieut being peFfok0ed. after
8 whtIe, EeFT possibly, b ooEKeap 01ding
parts % the opposifs hsmigphers.
In tWo o. Nj. Horaiey Sasients thsEa
hao been brain iBtuEiez, and one 81
tham had been preEionalY trspAiusd for
the pnrpo9e Of el9v4tin9 poFtlozs Of
boma wkiah were Depressed b. feneture
Of bis SAUL; 90 that In both oe theae
lacalixatiom un8 assisted hy mnnif0Et
external indiaaEiunss b4t ID tAs third
there vas nathina % this kind. and ths
poiut e which ths sknil shoald Be
opened waa aetaEmined soIaiy b. The
fact that tue Its oommenced ID q par
tieular group q museles-tkose. name
b, which ae8 upon the left thamb. HE
/ physician IN charge Of ths eass was
abe 10 say thst thia mannaF Of con-
meneement point certainly % the
presence Of . continuing scarce of iFri-
tali0n near tbs aurkaee og the brain 81
dafniss SPOT; and, the suEReon having
opened the akuli at the poiat indisated,
q tnmog waa found embedded Ia The
brain Substance, and. tagstbeE vita =
puEtisn Of brain surrounding it, vas
removed, 90 far With absolute cessation
81 The ila, which we're previously no,
only very fFequsat, bat, as might have
been expected, we're also Increasing
alike 10 frequency and severity, and
weFe sash as 20 disable the patient from
following any oeaupation, nos 90 say
that they placed bis life in constant
Jeopardy from accident There are two
contingencies In relation 30 the cases
watch render Il impoasibls 20 predici
wifh certainty the permAnencs Of the
results obtained, and theae are: hrst,
that she soar which must form 10 o.
upon the brain tissue may possibly
ITSELF become q source Of Irritation Ia
tine; and secondly, that second pro-
portion Of brain t1mors, aa Fl tumors
10 other parts Of the body, is Of q nature
10 render Eeourrenoa possible o. prob
abls.
We have here. then, aa z. r. 8. point-
"a Oat IN relation 70 the former ease.
an illustration Of tha value and useful.
mess Of experimentation on living ami
mals. DIR. Hitxig and DR.. FsrTieE com
msneaa 10 experiment upon living ami.
mals BY applying the stimulation Of
wUak qaiyaRie currents 10 different por-
tians Of the brain. that the ofices Of
ehese portions became knoun, AID thea
Il vas found that tue brain urfaee is
largely made 40 Of what are technically
called motor aKeas-lhat l. TO say, 81
regions which excite movements. each
n ita especial part Of the body. Local
izatiou IL IS yes only in is infancy, bat
even nov = sklllful expaFimenter, By
atimulating 10 succession didarsnt
parts OF ihe brain, can cause q uaFsof-
lied and therefore unconscious animal
10 perform q considerable variety Of
actions with perfect precision; and Il
has been found, for example. that p0F-
ti0a % the brain surface which the
phrenologist asserted % be the seat u
ideaiism. % aoquisitiveness, or some
such rubbish. is Ia reality the exciting
center OF the movements Of the lofl
thumb. IL was the application Of this
particular piece Of knowledge which
enabled the staff 90 the National Hos
pital 70 point cut the seat Of she disease
n Me-. Horslsy's third patient.