Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-13
WONDERFUL NERVE CELLS.
Estimated That the Spine Alone Con
trolls s,ooo,ooo,o GOO of Them.

SiS StSSOBSSOySOO OF nGn1s
DR.. Alfred Wenzel delivered a short
lecture before the members of the
Mug House club which set many
brains aworhng. says the New York
Press. His remarks opened brain
cells that had been hermeticallv
sealed for years. We are supposed to
have 6O0,000,000 nerve cells in the
brain alone. Each cell is an archive
IN which some impression is stored
away for safe-keeping 1t takes a men.
tai burglar to open the cells and let
loose their contents-which we STYLE
memory. A mental burglar is a man
who creates thought. He sets the
rusty cog-wheels of your brain turning
this way and that; and presently you
wake up with mind refreshed and an
appetite for mental pabulum. Dr.
Wenzel is "chiropractor."
We have dictionaries to-day which
contain half million words: vet the
average vocabulary of an educated
man is less than 5000 words. Sclen.-
lists are the ablest linguists. because
they are manufacturers of words and
phrases. Now, you are a smart man.
You have 600,000,000 little nerve Gel 5
in your caput. or these yoI NAV
make 100000 useful in the course of
a long life. The rest-599. 400 ,000--
are of no special value. Sometimes
they dry up. Sometimes they get
filled with water. Your brain be-
comes as a dismantled industrial
plant. 1t is easy to understand tina,
the man who makes use of the great,
est number of brain cells possesses a
higher order of intelligence than one
who makes use of the small est num-
Der.
The most wonderful of all mechan-
isms is the spine, which is designed
principally for the protection of The
spinal cord or marrow-an integral
part of the brain The chiropactor
believes that each of the twenty-siy
joints in your backbone positively con.
trolls by means of ne YES attached to
The spinal cord) some particular part
of your body. 1t is estimated that
there are 10000 10000. nerve cells IN.
der such control Osteopathy is based
on the principle that circulation is the
essence of life; chiropractor is based
on restoration of nerve action.
If the spinal column is displaced
and a single vertebrate presses on til.
cord ii produces paralysis of the parts
below the pressure point If it IS
displaced at the neck so as TO press
upon or injure the cord. + generally
causes instant death. II tie joints. or
Fertabrae. are put in place by The CHR
oprac'ic thrust before evacuation has
stopped. recovery is possible Idiocy.
insomnia s. vitus dance, drunken
ness, neuta. depression. neurosis. etc.
are palated by the treatment. because
coordination Of the nervous system
with the brain in restored.
The following statement by DR..
WeTzel made members Of the Mug.
Fiolse club gasp. A young bog. ABOUT
II suffered from paralysis Of the RICH:
arm. He could not lift it 10 the hort
zontal to save his life. and the mem
Der was otherwise useless. His par.
ents had spent much money to have
him cured but in vain Prof.----tin-
dertook to effect a least partial
cure and the demonstration in chiro.
practic was made before a large class
The boy was asked TO hold therno.
meter in each hand and the tempera-
lures were found 70 be : degrees
apart. The good arm. Of course was
the warmer, because Of its better cir.
culation
said NO gentlemen.