Oxford Democrat., 1891-07-21
CRANIUM CULTURE
AN EXTENSIVE FIELD Foa sciek'
riflc EXPERIMENTS


A. old ssrsiesi Op~rssiss Csssss W
Av,.~ the 0.ss,,.~. "is tdi"sy csrss's
b, s.,u.syY"-A rh,sss,s.'s c.-ssses'
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How many Shakespeare have We
Lost by skull pinchingf How many
Plates have gone down 90 the grave -
non coinpos mentiS Can idiocy be
wholly atolishedy Thus asks some
what prominent medical authority and
newspaper writer
The world % Possibilities In the above
suggestion IL the ouigrowth OF q recent
surgical OPERATION performed In London
on the skull % an idio, child for the pur'
pose ~ releasing the hrain from the con
tnem-n, ~ a malformci bone cas-. The
experiment, was entirely successful The
subject Immediately began 10 develop
a frightened intellect, while evil effects
uponth nervous sysism were practically
unno,ic.d
The problem presented by this result
IL very wide and very complex one
n the darkness % idiocy In few cascs
can h. banishci by lifting the brain
covering. thus permitting the brains cr'
tansion to the limits which nature
loub,lcr. intended. why may u no,
prove effective In the grca, majority OF
cas.s ~ Young Children now doomci 20
Inv. out their lives Ia eternal glooml
To tho-r who delight to wander IN the
rralns oi the fanciful. anil trace s,ill
gr,atsr Effects aud results from similar
caus... u will not aIFsar Unreasonable
to say that the conformation Of the skull
Is. after all. the incident which deter
mine. Whether human bsing !. born
,o 4. q Scru of King Arthur q Cleo
pa,ra ot Florence Nightingale. Napo
leon Or q notody
CULTURE oF riiH sgUii.
There wa. case M a Philafielphis
hospital not many months ago watch
vas no, dissinilar o. the one IN London.
An cpilepiic was relieved. TrrhaIs ~
.,or,sl Ia Icff,Ct h'alth. 10y an opsrsiion
witch lifted the tone pressure upon ccr
tain nerve c.p,crs IN the brain Ger
,ainly there sr, mental idio-ypcra'!c.
inherited fot gunsrations where the brain
a.. ,aric. most rrinarkably In form
Dui when We hnd I-culiar trait sud
,ienly bursting ont IN one of our chill
irn. n trait unlike Iarrni 90 grandpsr
cnt. are We quite surr tha, !, u not ow.
ing to .onc modification % the skull
cas-, Most sssur~lly. u " is finally de
terininci that the pr,-snw of bole on
th. train determines the mental ability.
.haIr- the character And mods the ten
,lrncies. W. shal have 90 rccasi all Ouf
theorio- % hrrSiiiy
licrc. then. ,sprrscni~i new problem.
l. no, ih, question 81 brain culture
slJut a. b~ouinr Ia greater extent a
question - cranium culture II " can
o. demonstrated that an idiot can l.'
made by panchin; skull. AMI unmAde
by the knife aud saw ~ a surgeon, have
We 40, a new ani wonderful Geld of en-
pertinent b-forr ~ Dr Drn,on tell.
a, that experiments on tho lower ami
mal. prove iha, tho skull is easily mold
II by riaing caas-, that u, IN the
earlier stage, Of growth Darwin found
iha, he could produce long OF short or
non on..ymmetrical skulls IN rabbits b,
training
Eihnologs;s AFFIRM iha, tho skull Il
molihcd even 10y the cradle anil tho pll'
lows on which the infant slccla Dr
yAralli proves from his own observation
,ha, the skull may H. modified from the
head bcing held In an unnatural po~i.
ton
TNOssiunIurs or ruH ruruRE
n this new line % Investigation car
D. pupued I.-rsis;en,ly aud successfully
II will rsuli tn disprovins the b,lici
that idiocy IN childrn. outside of casr'
q hereditary mental defect, I. q vista
non upou the children for the sins of the
father. and showing that I, l. an un
natural bui esssu,ially durable physioa
cpn,ition. Tho ability To cuv idior,
will therefore dcI-nd entirely 10 wha'
extent the bOuy css. has clo--ci its su,urc'
Il Anl Nsfufu'i lir'u w hh' o'NA
Dr Maurice. the authority quoted a'
the b-giunins of ,hi. article. In di-cuss
ing thu. range % subjects, . few oI
which are embraced In the above. clo-~,
by saying
The world has % late grown encr
n.ously VA It's tsndencis- toward the prs
rryation and mcrvifnl care Of the msi
formed and helplc,s Civilization ha'
badly oycrloadc'i itself by inerriful ten
deruc-. toward criminal. and iissas~i
Are vc at las, To ind relief by discover
ing ,hA, crime and disease and idioc,
are all cunble' And the nesi stag.
wha, will that IT, Possibly the rnarkeS
,lrcrvas. IN human fertility and the In
:ra.. ~ our average life quite beyond
what now s-,ins I.-sible The rcmoya
q lile's -ociai terruts must prccr,ic th'
.rgrly prolongr,l And happily con,inueS
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