Telegram-herald., 1891-09-21
ALL ABOUT YOUR BRAIN
DR.. Fuller Tells Some Interesting
Facts.
WHAT We WILL Be II TIE FUTURE
The Theory 81 Braiu Evoiatiss and
what IL May Lead To In Hereafter.
Bs0ark able funettoas of the Ceits
and Lobss Of That organ.

II is popularity believed BY many per-
sons that some Of their neighbours are
not possessed OF any brains; bu, they
are mistaken. Some even have a few
10 spare, and if any such wish TO know
what to do with the excess and will call
upon DIR. Fuller, who Is perhaps the
best authority upon the brain in the
city. he Will be glad to give them some
good advice.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. Fuller was
found at his Office, tinkering away at .
dilapitated brain and filing out the
defects with putty. Ii has been sus-
pected Tor long time that many peo-
pie have yesorted TO the use of putty TO
patch up their brains.
The doctor said that to talk intelli-
gently upon the brain, one would have
10 understand the system upon which
IL 10 built: that one part should be
taken ~ type and the rest considered
~ modification of that type. There
are several portions OF the brain. the
functions OF which are unknown. Take
the pituitary body. for instance. Con-
corning it nothing 10 known, but there
have been several theories regarding 1t.
The oldest theory WAS that the secretion
from the nose was discharged from it.
Another theory is that it Is the brain of
the sympathetic system. The latest Is
that it is the brain of the future; that
Is to say. that by the process of evolu-
ton 1t will be gradually developed and
enlarged and viii displsce the present
brain.
Different shaped Heads.
The creatures Of that future
day will, If this change takes
place, nave very different shaped
heads from ours. Their foreheads will
probably extend much more over their
noses.
A great deal might be eaid upon the
subject of cerebral localization. and
much Of that might be surmIse. The
most the average physician has time to
find out is the location of the common
diseases, such as paralysis, apoplexy,
and so on.
DR.. Fuller frankly AYERS himself a
crank on the subject of the study of
the brain, and says he finds no other
subject SO interesting. One of the diff
ticulties Of cerebral localization is that
the human brain 10 so soft that study
of it must be made soon after it is
taken from the skull, as it doesn't take
kindly to the picking process. An
other difficulty is that it is little haz-
ardous in Michigan to kill q man every
time you want to study brain matter.
But the brain of animals furnish mater
ial for much study, the brain Of a
sheep being exactly like that of q
human child at birth.
Brain Cells and ribres.
It is really beautiful sight to see
the association of cells and fibres, the
tiny threads running down one lobe,
crossing over to another and running
under Its nerves, the whole brain being
a great telegraphic system. The as
sociation of ideas is made by this asso-
citation of cells and fibres, and perhaps
the study of i: has made physicians as
materialistic as they all are.
Brains show great similarity, and yet
dissimilarity. While the assures are
the same in all brains, the lobes OF
some are much more largely developed
than others. Ga the best brains the
convolutions are marked distinctly
but. where the lobes run together like
3 lot of intestines, a low order of brain
has existed, so that an expert can tell
the degree of intellect by o glance a,
the brain. Since the cells, or the in
telligent matter is near the outside, the
| more surface there is, or the deeper
the convolutions, the better the brain
There n N Uraot lpha. =,
the brain, and upon the development,
OF these lobes with their centres de-
ponds the development of certain func
tons. Thus If q man has difficulty IN
remembering names, it would be found
on examination that that particular
center would not be largely developed
Suspension OF the Senses.
A ciot of blood at any center would
destroy that power. For instance, il
there should be 4 clot of blood at the
centre of speech, man might be able
| to write everything as well As he evel
could, hut it would be impossible fol
him to utter one word.
Towards the back of the brain are The
centers of sight and memory. A per
son with these lobes largely develops
WOutN " "cfS w ~ INV - ,4~suAS k0i
lery, aud retain All impression of the
| pictures for n long time. In the from
Of the head are the lobes which, if wei
developed, will give one great execu
| tive ability.
There is quite difference in the siz.
| of the brains of men and women, hui
| the quantity of the brain fortunateIy
does not mean the quality.
The doctor believes that . student Of
the brain would be able to tell abou
the moral qualities Of Its possessor, q
well ss the intellectual qualities.
A small boy brought DR.. Fuller {
mule the other day, and the docto
! made an examination of its brain. Tn,
mole hasn't vestige of an eye, so thu
lobes of sight were absent; 90 also wa
| the hack part Of the brain, In which il
the seat OF culture. And the front o.
| intellectual part of the brain Was miss
ing. But the lobes of smell came ou
like = triangle. Indeed, the Who'll,
brain was given TO the lobes OF smellin,
and hearing.