The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-17

room viii be what his natural prOpenslues
point towards a lawyer. The architect
who has always thought OF medicine af-
fectionately will have followed the science
of the phials The hod-carrier who
notices the world around him will be a
wide-awake drummer. All people will oc-
cupy their natural chinks.
There is a man of high standing, one
Prof. Clearinghouse. who has long been per
fecdng the system for brain examination
necessary to produce this Utopian result.
Prof. Clearinghouse recently read paper
before medical Board upon the examina-
tion of school children to determine men
tai soundness, and all present agreed upon
its practicability.
The completed system takes a man-child
from the age of nine years to manhood.
During that time the brain is examined at
frequent intervals. The natural areas
are first noted; afterwards the changes
made by time are taken into considera-
ton. By making suitable notes. and
drawing deductions from them, a very
clear idea of a mans possibilities can re
obtained.
The brain is a peculiar organ. 1t IS sup
posed to be large in "brainy" people and
small in idiots. This is the general suppo-
sition- Facts, on the contrary, show that
the brain varies in size arbitrarily the
brain of some of the greatest thinkers hav-
ing been found, after death, small and
light.
If the development Of the brain cells had
baf
there was great development along GER
tain lines. The brain of Gambetta would
have been found big in the speech region
and very well developed in the portion Of
mental vision. But in those days the
brain was weighed as a whole without
consideration of its separate parts.
There are twelve nerves leading up into
the brain, each communicating with GER
tain brain centers. These centers rule
certain parts of the body. Take the one
communicating with the arm and leg. If
that is strong and highly developed 1t
means great muscular possibilities for the
man owning that brain. He would make
an excellent workman at any work need
ing great strength and endurance. But
as a soldier he might not be a great sue
cess. unless busy with the heavy baggage
of the army. All this the examination of
the head in childhood would determine
If the intellectual area located in the
frontal bones is large, the man stands a
chance of being a great thinker. If his
writing speech-center, which is within the
motor speech-center, Is big he will be a
Kipling or a Howells.
The motor speech-center is in the poste-
rior portion of the third left frontal con-
volution. and is in some people very large;
almost visible at sight 1t is that the
phrenologist works and upon through this
knowledge of physiology it, his science, is
absolutely dependent
Each motion, each muscular movement
almost each thought can be located in the
brain by the scientist. The portion from
which it sprang is known to him and he
can diagnose its origin as well as its pos
sibilities with perfect ease.
The examination of a man for his sphere
in life will be conducted with the aid of
the X-ray. The X-ray has been, until
lately, very disappointing. 1t promised
so much, yet always fell a little short. 1t
Swallowed the interior of a persons
anatomy, yet so vaguely that the arteries
could be scarcely located. Foreign bodies,
bullets and splinters could be seen, but the
actual workings of the organs about which
there is so much curiosity could not be
seen.
A microscope is now used in connection
with the X-ray; and with it the operator
can clear up many of the indistinct por-
tions.
BY taking an X-ray of the brain the
scientist with his microscope looks at the
shadowgraph and picks out the prominent
portions. If the centers found at the top
Of the temporal bone are well developed he
knows that the smell and taste nerves in
this man are sensitive and highly organ
lied. He examines him day by day. and
If the same result is always obtained, he
arrives at the firm conclusion that this
man will make an excellent chef. He can
direct culinary operations with a nicely
that will make him a llat-SaVarin, if he
is studious and ambitious.
If the vision enters are heavy and large
~ out of proportion to the rest of the
brain he knows that there is a man who
can do anything that requires eyesight. He
can become a painter, can do fine dental
work anything that depends for its deli
Cacy upon the exactness of the eyesight.
There is no limit to the revelations of a
shadowgraph taken from the brain. The
work Of taking them is difficult because
the operation must be many times repeat
ed until a clear shadow is obtained. and Il
Is expensive. But the results justify all
the means.
Physicians and other scientists who have
experimental with the brain shadowgrapn
and microscope, declare that its use will
soon be highly Endorsed by all prominent
persons. No railroad company can now
employ engineers VINO nave not passed a
civil service examination nor even switch
men who are color blind. You cannot run
steam plant without your diploma. The
color regulation caused ridicule when IL
first went into ofrce, and was almost the
cause of strike on a large railroad. Yet
now all recognize it's necessity.
The employer of the future will advertise
for "a messenger boy with full diploma"
This will mean that he wants a messenger
with large developments in the brain i'm
the centers of arm and leg activity, with
the center Of visual speech fun and prom
inent He must have been examined
when little boy, and again when fourteen
20 determine his fitness for "A diploma.
Wanted, a hodcarrier with certificate"
viii be another advertisement and the man
who answers it will carry a paper saying
that his brain is developed in muscular
parts and in vision. though not necessarily
IN visual or auditory speech. His motor
fpeech-center may be defective. but that
j. no harm for MIN, the less he talks the
more ne works.
Would-be lawyers viii find this Of the
greatest assistance 10 them, and writers
win also find 81 ihyaluable. diagram Of
their brain-centers viii show them the
probabilities of success. whether they shall
leave their professions or stick 10 them,
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