The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-11

Ss ss..k taeir hest sa learn deaass4sy. An
sxsanf has theery shzs afl she
sesiis are connected by 1 nsrworA
npefa The nszron theory xsv~s sax.h
nssys cell a abrcsxs stem
a'sy- am inclined 20 believe
! - OF both theories II IRE real
~.s-.sA lasfs are certain groups oil nerve
80 a.e1 influence the hears, iansx and
oaaer organs which fha majority ~
aHsMas life paxsxs-es. II il <sss.e Ike
20. taes3 Srs connected ny ssbers Bat
aaf tne cells which czsMe the higher as.-
100. peculiar 80 humanity. ne sspst. I
1ssh1s oesksys the n@uror Theory that Of
TIE Individual nerve csE.
40 noFel&hiy understand the nerve
.sA pfrofefn II must he remembered that
ssH naas connection witt the spinal
nc, 80 These connections are tiers, which
Masr sne eEssnai cord ir hunssses sane-
tning Hike q telephone or telegraph cable.
sna sas wires II esnsafns nngy the nerve
LADIES are composed Of thousands ~ tiny
Hhfss These faers ara 81 different
ssnsths and shoot out from the Parent
eaofe AT different points. connecting wstn
various calls
we Know that these fSrous carnee-
sfohs Of the spinal cord which aont~os Asf-
srssHt muscles o. the body ssart fran
aessgnAfsd portions Of the sfssne This has
Been learned By artificial PARALYSIS. II
nas been found that ky contracting the
apaha1 cord ~ different points PARALYSIS
~ certain portions OF the hsesy resulted.
and III tas way Ne hare been able 10 fell
lew the course Of the af@rs II ali saa
nerve cells were connected Bsrtia4 parsl-
ysss would b. Impossible. We. We know
thaf certain of fhs nerve cells are para
iszea simultaneously. This gives logical
hasis for the theory that combination
OF the Italian and nenron theories more
nearly ean1.s the srgsh than either oae
alone.
Every nerve csl1 Ia q mystery because
u involves the secret % life whoever
n'ads OCT tsast hnw 10 perform It's eunc-
| ions viii know tire mystery Of life ard
death. Medical science has only been able
to learn that Il atsorha and gives out
energy. and yet no one has ever been assiA
tn kraw how II aid a. In nay. each
cell performs tbs functions Of the isaay
We know that x does. bat wkere II gets
sfH fnod from. and what IL does with the
waste. never has been shown.
There is not a breath Il thought an
action. sensation. with which the nerve
cells are not connected, II I. for Tn
stance. Zach water against tie harh os
MY throat. the moment the water strikes
the nuenosss membrane that lines IL the
news Is tssegranhssf to the nerve eerters
and the meTage comes back III the form
OF What We cali stimuli or impressions 10
the muscles that control the wsaassspe
which contracts AMI il closed by little
| lid az tire top. TIE water then has no
other route before II except tha passage
10 the stomach called the asxophagus
and 80 II goes down this with a worm
Ike motion. Tie little lid at the top of
the Sfn9pire lifts. and all IL as II was be-
fcre the water entered the mouth This
action II not ihe result Of an order from
the brain, hut what we call reflex action
II firmly believe that many of ctr nerve
cells are far from reaching their POWER
III development. and that the progress Of
mankind Is largely measured by the de-
velnpuiefat OF the nerve cells Chicago
/ Tribune.