The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-09-26
PEOPLE Sc LN PIEcEa.

When Exhausted Humanity Rests.
the Body Repcses In Sections.
Are you aware that you are d sort
Of perambulating metal mine? Man
and, indeed, nearly all kinds of living
animals--has In his system consider
able quantity of iron. 1t is found in
the more important organs, and there
should also be good deal in the blood,
says writer in Parsons Weekly. Ba-
bies possess fairly large stock Of
iron, nearly three times as much, com
paratiyely speaking, as adults.
Then in your bones there Is a very
large quantity of that metallic base of
lime called calcium; while phosphorus
is also present in bones In SO large an
amount that they are the main source
Of the worlds supply Of that valuable
article. Stranger still, there is in the
human body an appreciable amount of
arsenic. What there Is Of this poison
is concentrated in the thyroid gland,
and small quantity Is also to be
found in the skin, hair, nails and also
in the bones and brain. There are lots
OF odd things about the human frame
which even doctors and other men of
science have only lately discovered and
Of which the average person is quite
unaware. Few people know, for in
stance, that when we go to sleep the
whole body does not sink into insensi-
b1llty at the same moment.
According to the researches of the
French physiognomist Cabanis, 1t is
the muscles Of the legs and arms
which lose their power first Next
those which support the head, and,
thirdly, the muscles which sustain the
back. So, too. with the senses. The
sense of sight sleeps first, then the
sense Of taste, and next the sense of
smell. Hearing goes fourth, and, last
Of all, the sense of touch. Probably
you imagine that your pulse always
beats with the same rapidity. This is
quite mistake. Your pulse varies
with the temperature. There is a reg
ular, annual rhythm, which may be
represented by something like a regu-
lar curve. Most curious of all, the
annual rhythms of the pulse in men
and women are quite different A
mans pulse beats more strongly in
winter and fades to a minimum in
summer. Woman's pulse, on the con-
trary, displays winter minimum and
a summer maximum.
Behind the bridge of your nose is
wi In bo civ
Of which appears to be unknown. 1t
probably was a gland, consisting Of
two tiny lobes. Joined together, and Is
named the sella turcica. Psychologists
believe that this is the remains of a
sixth sense, which was Of practical
value to our antediluvian ancestors.
But whether it enabled them to see in
the dark in the days before they pos
sessed fire, or helped them to find their
way through trackleSs forests as wild
beasts can to-day, or what other pur-
pose 1t may have served, we do not
know, and probably never shall know.
There Is an unsolved mystery in the
ear Of every human being. The func-
ton Of certain portions Of the inner
ear is not understood, but merely
guessed at. Within the ear are three |
small globe-shaped protuberances.
These have their inner sides covered |
with small cells, each Of which con-
tains a tiny hair, surrounded by a
fluid, When you move sharply the
hairs follow the motion, while the
lymph naturally moves less rapidly.
Thus the hairs are bent in direction
opposite to that Of the movement, and
by means of delicate nerves the irrita-
ton thus produced Is telegraphed di-
rect to the brain. 1t is supposed that
by means Of these hairs swimming in
lymph the sensation we call dizziness
Is caused when we rotate rapidly, as
in dancing. 1t Is also believed that
seasickness has something to do with
the same phenomenon. 1t has been no
ticed that some persons when suffer
ing from ear diseases that have de-
stroyed parts of the inner ear have
found 1t difficult or impossible to main
tain their balance when standing up
right with closed eyes. 1t is there
fore possible that these peculiar ear
contain some inexplicable sense