The sun., 1896-02-14

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volunteered 70 be the subject .,...u.
believe him to be tho most original man In
yension on him; but i thought u .snythins hap.
get nt hin, at the last moment, either"
The scene at the experiment on himself nc.
in q chair. A row OF buttons and n camera were
In front 9f him strong Light o was on ono side SIC
on the back of the head and somewhere near a
horn. Then there were dynamo and collec.
Doctor held a little steel wire.
What was the wire for 2, asked tho reporter.
NJ %spass ssii i hat ,s sIsSsr ~. , Os' su, r.
rushed I a button. n' wSether or not not he thought
OF death before he pushed II isn't clear. When
ins and the horn I began sounding and the trans.
iridescent rays shot out. Looking in the mir
ths DI,o a saw ns 0Ts d You tn. inside
of the brain2 Was 1t lighted upf" asked the
He HSnS 'ss ssps .
do" said the reporter.
much as that OF course"
The globe was empty.
~ could sec the surface pnlsat;ons;" said the
do You know" said tho reporter to tho
Doctor at ono Of the two interyiew tha.;sope
method OF seeing ths, brain, or that YOU have
=" is that so" said the Doctor. ""Is that so ?
Well. now, that's Interesting. Sit down and tell
"They just say they don't believe It. that IT is
Ws s anio4iunsa Msa ss As sdS RP'sSs sSs reror,
you can't get your machine at work before 80
We'll" said tho Doctor. "if they begin to
doubt I'll rig up n machine and show them can
do that. And so they don't believe 1t. hey :?
Well, did You see how quick tho papers took 1t
The reporter talked with few scientific men.
one pointed out n white spot on one OF the pic
ssyldently soft spot" said the he's scientific man
ssa sns a
tween the skull and the top OF the head VARYING
space" said the scentifc man. 'is full of matter
that Is more Opaque than the bone Of the skull
professional men call 1t the frozen cadaver cut.
You see 1t in all post mortems. Now looking at
is shown circuiation and no brain, and in the
other brain and no circnation."
"Ah. yes" rrld the scientific man. Lets
see. He passed a continuous electric spark
through. or spark of any kind. Well. he could
do that, but he'd have to have q power twenty
times greater than any OF the gentlemen who
have been killed at Sing Sing experienced.
That blood vessel shown in the picture is the
middle meningeal artery. That Is not on the
near the surfaceI'
THE Doctor calls that an inter-craaial vein."
said the reporter.
Does. does he Z" said the scientific man.
DR.. f. &. SpitZka, the specialist, ono OF
the men seen by THE Sun reporter. lie knows
probably as much about tho brain any man
In the country. and he said:
Il was simply astounded, looking at the pic
lures this morning. They actually resem bled
nothing had ever seen either on tho surface of
the brain or at the base OF the brain, or in the
interior of the brain, and IL any conclusions
were to be drawn from the main lines indicated,
and INTERPRETED in the most charitable why.
allowing for errors in tho wood cuts. they indi-
Gated such degree Of atrophy of an i'm portant
organ as entitled the subject thereof to our sim
cereet sympathy. From the standpoint Of the
cereb1 al anatomist the entire thing looks more
like the outcome of delirium than Of scientific
study or even an earnest effort thereat."