The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-09-07
THE HUMAN BRAIN.
NO TWO ARE ALIKE.
lts PScUliNritiss--It Has Been Dis.
covered New to Have TAOusAt
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Welr0est piece OF mechanism No two
are alike, no rule governs all, and every
man thinks at a different speed. The
speed Of the human brain depends en-
tirely upon the person and the condition
OF that person at certain times. Re-
spOnses to thought vary in speed from
mile q minute to twenty feet In a
second, under normal conditions, vet at
times the telegraphic service from the
brain 30 the organs of the body IL inter-
rupted and communication Is essentially
established only after rest or sleep.
DR.. Lauder Brunton has discovered
how to have ideas at will II you want
to remember something that has slipped
| your mind or to force wearied brain
to work, either lie down or hang your
head low. Better still, in extreme
cases, stand on the head
DR.. Brunton, after one particularly
hard days work, was compelled to fin
ish an important medical treatise. He
sat down with pen and paper ready
when his brain quit work. Not an idea
would come, nor could he write word.
my brain is the same as yesterday"
he thought. cit worked well then.
Why not now? II must be because my
circulation is bad because of my weari-
ness 4"
He studied the problem for some time,
and came to the conclusion that, II the
cerebral circulation was so poor that
there was no mental activity he must
create the circulation. If the blood
would not flow to the brain he would
force 1t there. So he put his head down
on the table, and the ideas began to
flow at once. After ten rIinntes he
thought he had enough ideas TO start
the article, so he raised his head again,
bnt the ideas flowed away. He finished
his treatise by resting his head on the
table and writing.
While 1t requires some time for any
organ TO respond TO the order of the
brain, the speed of thought Is much
faster. Helmholtz discovered that a
thought wave travels mile Of nerve in
minute, while Hersch learned that q
touch was recognized by the brain and
responded tQin One-seventh Of second.
Prof. DOnders, perhaps the greatest
authority and experimentef, has learned
that the brain action in responding to
one Of the senses Is $4,000 OF q second.
OF this, 100000 Of a second is consumed
by the act of recognition, and $4,000
to responding.
All great brains have their peculiari-
ties and their weaknesses, resulting
from unconscious brain action.
DR.. Johnson, the great philosopher,
was terribly afraid of death, and with
all his philosophy could not overcome
the horror, and would not permit death
he was superstitious. He would not
enter a room with his left foot fore
most, and IL by accident he took the
first step with his left foot, he stepped
backward in sudden terror and entered
with his right foot.
Julius Caesa, to whom the music of
great battles was sweet, trembled at
the sound Of thunder and built cellars
under his house where he might hide to
escape the sound. Queen Elizabeth,
ore of the most fearless of women,
trembled like a leaf at the sound of the
word death, and Talleyrand shivered
and changed color in many battles,
screamed and fled at the sight of a cat,
while Peter the Great would not cross
a bridge unless II was absolutely neces-
'ary, and then crossed in terrible alarm,
being weak and sick afterward from
he terror.
One Of the commonest freaks Of the
brain is that the memory will be ex-
remely retentive in some things and
entirely defective in others.
One great American physician, re-
covering from "A severe illness, found
hat he had entirely lost the power to
ipeak or write proper names of any
but his memory supplied
lin with adjectives readily. He over
anne his difficulty Dy designating any
me of whom he wished TO speak by
'allng him by his size, the color Of his
lalr or eyes, or by his physical peculi-
'rities Chicago Tribune.
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Mr.. Thomas H. Hall came up from
'anacea Springs Monday and is spend
ng short while at his excellent Leon
ounty country home, looking after col
Getting rents and getting the home in
hape to receive his excellent family
bout the first of October. Mr.. Hall
nd family have occupied their comfort
BILE Rock Landing cottage at Panacea
ince the first of June.
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Among the Tallahasseeans who have
'een spending a season at st. Teresa
nd who returned home Monday were
ir. T. II. Randolph, Mrs. b. A. Megin-
Ilss, Miss Bersha and Mr.. b. A. MeRin-
Iiss, Mrs. Sue Archer and Masters
'almers, and Mrs. Eugene Perkins and
hid.
Mr.. John Moore came over Sunday
rom Quincy 20 spend the day among