The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-12
Physical Mysteries.

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Are you aware. SAWS L0ndnn Ar
swers, that you are q sort Of peram-
bpiating metal mine7 Man and, inr.
deed nearly all kinds Of living ami
mails, has in his system ia considers
BE quantity Of iron, II is found in
the most important organs. and there
should be q good deal in the blood.
Babies possess a fairly lsrgs stock Of
iron, nearly three times as much, COM
paratively speaking, as adults. Then,
IN your bones there isl 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 ara the main source
Of the worlds supply Of that valuable
article. Stranger still, there is iu the
human body quite an appreciable
amount Of arsenic. What there is Of
this poison is concentrated in the
thyroid gland, aud small quantity is
also to be found in the skin, hair,
nails and also in the homes and brain.
There are lots Of odd things about
our human frames which even the
doctors and other men of science have
only lately discovered and OF which
the average person is quite unaware.
Few people know, for instance, that
when we go to sleep the whole body
does not sink into insensibility at tho
same moment.
According to the researches of the
French Psychologist, Cabanis. it 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 regular,
annual rhythm which may be repre-
sented by something like regular
curve. Most curious Of all the an.
nual rhythms Of the pulse in men aud
women are quite different. A man
pulse beats more strongly in winter
aud fades to minimum in summer.
Woman's 8 pulse, on the contrary, dis.
plays q winter minimum aud sum-
mer maximum. Behind the bridge Of
your nose is little cavity in the skull,
the origin Of which appears to Le un-
known. It probably was gland con-
sisting Of two tiny lobes joined to.
gether and is named the sclla turcica.
Psychologists believe that this is the
remains Of a sixth sense which vas Of
practical value to our antediluvian an
cestors. But whether it enabled them
to sec in the dark in the days before
they possessed fire or helped them to
find their way through trackless for.
ests as wild beasts can today we do
not and probably never shall know.
There is an. unsolved mystery in the
ear Of every human being. The func.
lions of certain porti, ns OF the inner
ear are 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 contains a tiny
hair, surrounded by fluid. When
you move sharply the hair follows the
motion, while .aa lymph naturally
moves less rap dly. Enns the hairs
are bent in di-setiop opposite to
that Of the movement and by means
OF delicate nerves the irritation thus
produced is telegraphed direct to the
brain. 1t is supposed that by means
Of these hairs swimming in lymph the
sensation we call dizziness is caused
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when we rotate rapidly, as in dancing,
It is also believed seasiokness has
something TO do with the same phe.
nomenon. It mas been noticed that
come persons, when suffering from ear |
diseases that have destroyed parts Of |
the inner ear, have found it difficult or |
impossible to maintain their balance
when standing upright with eyes
closed. It is, therefore, possible that
these peculiar ear organs contain some
incxplicable sense not generally CLASH
fed as such-the static sense, or sense
OF balance.
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