The Meeker herald., 1891-06-13
LIGHT ON pARehoLooY.
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1t IL . curious fact that modern re-
search appear about TO establish u
Arm scientific basis for some Of tho
teachings Of chronology Just Mt n lin.
when TIM, doctrine has passed almost
entirely out Of vogue Al tho Anthro-
biological Institute In London sono
time since Mr.. Bernard fiollnndcr read
n paper on c.nisrs Of location. bring
Ing together tho results Of many
experiments In applying tho gnlvnn!o
currents TO different parts Of tho brain.
Il Inns been pointed out. for instance.
by various trained Observers that tho
emotion Of Joy throws Into action tho
great yygomntic muscle, which draw
tho mouth upward and backward.
while ut tho same time tho oblculnr
muscles arc moro or loss con-
,rnctcd. Now !: has been found that
there Il q definite portion Of tho brain
whore n gnlvan!c current produces cx-
netly this effect upon tho satno muscles.
although currun, applied elsewhere
uoSs not move thrn-
II Is thus apparent that tho effect o!
= gnlvnnic current upon this portion
Of tho brain IL tn produce tho physical
expression OF Joy. and IL Is exactly In
this plncn that Comb, located his
organ Of chccriulncs.. which no after
wards called hope. Another learned
professor has stated that tho brain
e-ntcrp for tho fnrinl movements mr.,
found to correspond with Calls conicr
for mimIcry or Imitation. In still \
lincrcnt spo, tho gnlvan!c current will
cause movements Of tho lips. tongue
and checks. indicating that hero mus:
DO tho scat Of Eu-,aiory sensation. In
tho year 1894. when phrrnolocy was
attracting great attention. many mon
claimed TO hnv. discovered tho organ
OF gusiativ-nc.s or nlimcni,.nors.
which they located over this same spot
There Ia also another center where
the current causes contraction OF n
certain muscle which rr,rnc,s tho
angle o! tho mouth. and 4. strongly
contracted under tho inilucnc. OF
fear. md for this reason ha. received
tho nnmo OF tho muscle Of fright I,
Is In this region that Gail and Spurs-
holm located their organ OF cautious
ness. which they found largely dcvcl-
oPcd In timid people There IL still
another center which when excited by
tho current. Is said. TO cnu.o "rnising
OF tho shoulders wi III extension OF tho
arms" md both Darwin md Mantle
gnxzn hnvo long since rcicrrcd this
gesture to 'thc expression Of patience.
submission and tho absence Of any In.
tcntion TO resist" Just hcro WINS
placed Calls organ OF vcncrntion. and
when this Is defective In children.
Combc says, they nrc regardless OF MI.
thoriiy. prone TO rebellion and little
attentive to command.
1t would sccm. from tho facts Cnth-
cred and compared by Mr.. Hollnndcr.
that tho founders OF what wc nrc nc
cus;omcd TO consider ns tho nn,iq united
system Of chronology. though unable
in wha. was tho state OF knowledge Mt
that timc 10 demonstrate their conclu.
sions, must havo boon extremely
shrewd and careful Observers OF nil tho
facts which my within their reach.
and that tho theories which thcy bn.csl
upon these observations nrc vol worth
n careful reorganization In tho light
Of modern scicncc.-N. Y. Sun.