Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-03-20

fectly all you said to him and yet himself
could say next to nothing-in short, "a man
whose thoughts, emotions and feelings
wero entirely shut up in the prison of his
own inner experience, except so far as he
could communicate them by means of
gestures ana five small words.
such man was the famous French
man, lie Long. n five worded man
ASK lie Long a question: and if he
wanted To say yes like polite French
man, ne answered, "Oul. II, however,
his answer was negative, with equal po-
ntcnesS he answered, Non. these
wero two OF his five words. The third
word pronouncoablc by this few wordcd
man WAS ms own name, and even that he
couldn t say just right He called 1t 'Lo
Lo that Is tosay, the nasal sound ny
when 1t occurred In his own name, was
too much even Tor TINS frenchnan. YET
the nasal sound in mon ne pronounced
with ease. But niue ldlosy ncrAsy III
pronunciation ike TINS was nothing to
man ot HNe words lie Long was glad
enough TO pronounce MS name IN any
fashion, was gllu enough To behble 10 say
plainly IN ms own native tongue yes
ana no, Tor when IL came To expressing
all tho rest oil ms human wishes ana hu-
man ihlnklhg' which was just as normal
as lilau Oh o'hcr people, nc Hau Only wv"
words lelt win Whlch 10 40 1t tols Ga
corruption u ifolH Jana louJpurs' 10y
uolS Le Long lhulca'eu numbers from
one 10 the greatest magnltu u'. BN
'touJpurs ne urea 10 convey an lu'hN
that ne couldn express by his STOCK al
four words and ny gestures.
Gun, non, 'Lo Lo "tolo ana
'touJpurs. ms was the r'inIrkAhlc
verbal outiit o. an almost worthless French
man
III Is not surprising thaU I'VE WorueI
man should haNescJ 80 eminent scientific
Investigator rs the Frcnch ph\Slcl"h'
bfo"h 10 lhlhhlh@' Two Worutu man
would set hhNn"uy TO thlnklng.
Nheh' therefore, III Io"l' Broca E"u ac-
qualhtcd with lie Long ana AT lie Long
uraih got an opportunity To examine ms
Drain, ne ana such GOOD thlhklhg illat ne
soon came forward with scientific dogma
that excited universal attention at the time
ana set the medical world all agog. Broca
knew what Il good many physicians before
MS DAY kneW-that there were on record
number OF strange cases OF disturbance III
speech all apparently due to injuries sus-
talheu III ono way or other 10 the brain.
THESE cases were OF tho most varied and
curious sort, from that OF people unable to
"'''r any "orus "U an Or az "eS'' "pi' ~
eJao"i''o "'O lew H'ooA I'hTlSe9' u 'l'uSs
WIN sc'inc" I" nave los. SIMPLY certain
letters or syllables out OF words or were
uhapie W USE IN ne" oo,iipiila,lons certain
letters or SNllableS Whlch they already
nlauo Tree use OF Ill certain words. Bon
Jour, monsieur one OF Broca 5 patients
"oui'i say ~ NM DuU WHEN Dr"ch "oupl
ash 'no MAJ " pronounce pohDon l."
Hiin .ho M"ru s'ucA 10 the FOUL vi MS
MUM ne WIS specchIeSs'
MOVING 'heSe lactS' anu showing what
@u,i' 'lo loH'iu'r Oh Houerii phreholoRy'
hau saiu reSHrulES tie loca'llS Oh various
inen'al faculties III certain portions oil inc
oraih' broca went 10 work n"ih ON inc
some other persons who had shown de
ralg'm'ht III speech during HE. Ihe re-
SUI was ms famous theory nave 10
cateu the ,"c"I,F III Sl'cech' ne Naiu' 1t
Is III the Hlt hemisphere ot the BRAIN IN