Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-11

or the savage tooth with ,h. ~
ance OF the Caucaslan's ehdur-
the FOOD should he OF such IA toNe all
as 10 give exercise and mas, . acier
Gums. Part OF this can be- 80 70 ihs
r ,1 vi coarse food in addition ny
loou-.hot ~ substitute ~,
ana part by Intentional ana D' IL
friction with tue tooth brvs% %, sisorous
the gums well Is nalf Inc ufush
bfusning the .et. 4ue ot
mouth and gum. .....tty Glenn ~ we
teeth val tukp ale of th.,,s.N "s
Ihere are thirty- ,nrce distinct .,
and labelled sorts Of bacilli m, ,nausi
IN our mouths as normal parlor hss
ers, but they'li behave win ,siu.
proprlety unless you give them Carr Carr
10 set drunk on.-Dr Woods Hutebiy44
son In The Survey. 'n'
Pressure Perhaps the mos, ,nns.
Becomes mental idea rnnn,'a
fainiui. through ali tho exra.is
mentai work Is thar Z,
measurement. PHILOSOPHY from ~ "
lmihemoriAi mad declared d measn,I
ent OF our mental states impossiils
Today, however, the neid Of psyche.
physics Is living contradictlon =,
such declarations. The best vAv il
give cross-section view OF the ex,rs,
ordinary progress made By this sclsne.
In the realm OF that intangible s,h
stance called mind by brieny revis,s
ing some OF the more interesting a,
wen as important experiments ~,
example, some years ago II was dis.
covered that there was a thresnold ~.
PAIN That Is, that "A certain amo,n,
Of pressure Of one kind or anotbss
must be exerted before II ceases 10 bs
merely pressure and becomes di..
agreeable or painful. The apparatns
used was extremely simple. Involving
cylindrically shaped piece of wood vl,h
piston attached and a spring inside no
Increase the pressure resistance. on
one side was a scale, graduated In kllo-
gram and fractions thereof showing
the slightest variation In pressure sr.
erted. This instrument was applied
to the back Of the hand and the sub
ject experimental on was to say when
he or she felt the FIRST sensation a,
pain. Doctor Grifiing. who made thsss
tests, found that among 30 boys be.
tween the ages OF II and 10, IS kIlo-
grams marked the point where pres.
sure turned TO pain. There was a may
imum In one instance of 50 Kilograms,
and a minimum In another case OF II
Kilograms, In an examination Of %
college Students on men between the
ages of Is and n, he found the general
average to be 81 Kilograms as
threshold for pain. with a maximum Of
1873 and a minimum OF 10 Kilograms.
He examined 3s law students, men, be.
tween the ages of 10 and 20. and found
the average to be rs Kilograms. with a
maximum OF Is and a minimum Of 40.
He also examined 9s women; IS Of
them. between the ages Of le and 20.
had an average Of 3.6 a maximum o,
76, and minimum OF Is. Forty COL
lege students. between the ages Of II
and % (women). had an average Of 90.
a maximum OF SO and minimum o.
IL. This work, besides being OF great
value to the psychologist in the purely
experimental field, shows an interest
ing relationship so far as the feeling
of pain In concerned, among men,
women and children. Men, obviously
have the greater ability to resist pain,
so far as their physical and physlolo-
glcal makeup is concerned. Boys
come second and women third-From
an article on Experimental Psyche
losy," by Charles s. Kicker. Of Harvard
in June Progress Magazine.
See ,'Venics on the Lake'-Wan-
damere.