Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-18
PHYSICAL MYSTERIES.
Numerous Strange and Unexplained
Things About Us.
From London. Answers.

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Are YOU aware that YOU are sort OF
perambulating metal mine? Man. and' IN
area nearly all kinds of living animals
has in his system a considerable quantitv
, of Iron. 1t is found in the most important
organs. and there should also be good
deal in the blood. Babies possess fairly
large stock of iron nearly three times as
u,,tb eomparatively speaking. as adults
r'ben In YOUR bones there is 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 quite an appreciapie
amount of arsenic. What there Is OF thlS
toison is concentrated in the thyroid glanu,
and a small quantity is also to be FOUND IN
the skin hair nails and also in the bones
and brain. -. -
human frames which even doctors ana
other men of science have only lately dis
covered and of which the average person
Is quite unaware. Few people Know iol
instance that when we go TO sleep the
whole body does not sink into lnsenslplilly
at the same moment.
According to the researches of the French
physulogist, Cabanis, II Is the muscles OF
the legs and arms which lose their power
first Next those which support the heau
and thirdly, the muscles which sustain the
back. So. too. with the senses. The sense
of sight sleeps first. then the sense or
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 rapidlty
This is quite a mistake. Your pulse varies
with the temperature. There is a regular
annual rhythm which may be represented
by something like "A regular curve. Most
curious of all the annual rhythms of the
pulse in men and women are quite differ
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winter and fades to L minimum in sum
.'Iner. Womans pulse, on the contrary,
= displays winter minimum and summer
ma Ximum. Behind the bridge of your nose
Is a little cavity in the skull the origin of
= which appears to be unknown. 1t probably
was IA gland consisting of two tiny lobes
joined together, and is named the sella
turcica.
Psychologists believe that this is the re-
mains OF "A sixth sense which was of prac-
% teal value to our antediluvian ancestors.
But whether il enabled them to see in the
dark in the days before they possessed fire.
, or helped them to find their way through
traCkless forests as wild beasts can today.
, or what other purpose 1t may have served,
we do not and probably never shall know.
There is an unsolved mystery in the ear of
every human being. The functions of GER
tain portions Of the inner ear is not under
stood 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 a fluid. When you move sharply the
hair follows 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 irritation thus produced
IS telegraphcd direct to the brain. 1t is
supposed that by means of these hairs
swimming in lymph the sensation call
dizziness Is caused when we rotate rapidly
in dancing. 1t is also believed the sea-
sickness has something to do with the
same phenomenon. 1t has been noticed that
some persons, when suffering from dis
eases that have destroyed parts of the in
ner ear, have found II difficult or impos-
sible To maintain their balance when stand
ing upright with eyes closed. 1t Is, there
fore, possible that these peculiar ear organs
contain some inexplicable sense not gener-
ally CLASSIFIED as such-the static sense, or
sense OF balance