Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-04
MAN |S ONLY
 WEATHER GLASS
German Scientist Tells of the Remarkable
 Influence of the
 Surroundings
BOLD THESES STIR

BERLIN, Jan 2I:-PitIessor W. Iellpach of Karlsruhe has published the results of the first all-round in- quiry ever made into the problem of. How far are the brain and tempera- ment of man dependent upon natural surroundings"
 I His report is entitled The Geopsy- chic Phenomena and has made a great stir in scientific circles. owing
 to the bold theses of the professor, who depicts humanity as mere vital ized barometer which reads iuces- sanity to the stimulus of an external forces, but has little independent con trol over it's own movements.
 Landscape. says Helpacl. has inin- ! itely greater importance than climate in forming national character. The 1 idea that climate is more important is a delusion. Tn the United States, the fantastic mountain world Of the great west will in time create a different | and much more imaginative race than , that which exists in the level east and south. At present Americas popula- tion is too much in state of fluX to allow of this difference being deter mined, but the change is going on America will thus in the future have two populations of entirely different psychical inclinations and character istics
 Proves Man 8 arometer | Professor Hellpach gives a whole | series ot facts 10 show man in his ] capacity of barometer. His activities | depend upon weather fluctations. | There live peculiarly sensitive wet ! termenschen" (weathermen) whose | whole nervous system is afected by l thunderstorms { On these tea, coffee | and tobacco taken during a thunder i storm. act with extraordinary force ! and the most moderate dose Of al- | cohol, which in clear weather would ! have no effect. produces violent agi-
 tatiOn and even temporary paralysis.
 A second type Of ''weatherman' is the snow man" we'll known to nerve ! specialists. Shortly before a snow fall thelr eating, feeding and sleeping are entirely deranged, and they are thus able to predict a snow fall more sure 1 ly than can 9 meteorologist with all
 his instruments. Snow men are
 rarer than thunderstorm men" Both
 quickly recover from the weather ef-
 fleets. and even feel better than they
 did before.
 In addition to weather man reacts
 to an enormous number of external
 stimuli. some of which are far of, in-
 tangible and even concealed from the senses. Light has precisely the same attractive effects on men as it has on insects. The word 'moOnstruck' is not a figure of speech, but reality.
 Moonlight has a marked effect upon
 sleepers, and is the main cause ut
 somnambulism. The changes of the
 moon produce precise organic effects
 upon certain lower animals and man
 is also liable to be moonstruck.
 Water, though at a distance and in-
 visible, affects the nervous system
 and makes some men conscious of its
 effects Hence the diyining rod Is
 a reality The underground water
 really does cause nervous twitchIngs
 of the water seeker hands, and this
 sets the rod oscillating. In the same
 way diviners Of hidden coal, ore and
 ether mineral treasures are quite hon est. It is established that there exists sensitive men, whose psychlcal con
 ditlon is affected by the composition
 of the soil underneath, though ot this
 composition they have no knowledge | And even astrology has basis Of |, truth. The changes Of the earth in it's relation to the consultations in-
 volve changes of gravitation. which cause nervous disturbances and thus operate on the brain" In a scientihc ] sense. no man Is therefore independ-
 ent of the stars and planets.
 Of Climatic influences
 Dr. HeIlpach deals in a novel way with climatic influences on man. He shows that heat and cold are not half SD important as moisture and dryness. ( These cause real physical changes, be cause in dry districts the blood is poorer in water: hence there is in- creased activity, 8 tendency 10 sleep , lessness and to an increased ctrcuia- ton of the blood. A maritime climate
 affects men from inland more than a continental climate effects an island { CT High altitude tends to make , plain dwellers fearful; whereas low attitudes merely make mountaineers
 homesick Women acclimatize bet
 ter than men and dark races better
 than blonde. For the very blonde
 races there is no real standardization; IL is impossible for them to live in tropical climates for long periods, without a break, except at the cost
 of mental decay.
 Seasonal changes. says Hellpach, are as important as climatic changes. | Men sleep best under the greatest air . pressure and greatesi atmospheric electricity. Work is worse at the . point where the heat curve reaches it's highest point. It is a mistake to l regard winter as s time Of decss and dpath