The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09

and do a good deal Of thinking tor,
YOU, being operated by groups uf ~
little brains called gang la
Compicxiiy Of Trnnmisslon Sy-i.r
You may get a notion OF 'h. t,....
dcrful complexity Of the MAJ, OF
nerve wires that extend to r..-y
part OF your body by looking a. tr.
palm OF your hand, II ls cav,.-t
with an elaborate arrHngcmaHf 10
ridges In curiOusly convoiuiod .lt.
terms Each one Of these r.H.,s
Is a roof covering the ends of "a row
OF touch nerves. There arc hun.
dreds Of thousands Of these r.ryr.
ends beneath the outer skin pf ,....
palm the arrangement OF their r.s.s
marked by the ridges. IT.. .t.r.
/ remark applies 60 tho sole uf t.u.
/ foot, which has an equally complex
/ pattern
Inside Of your skull. behind ,.r-
ears. Is small secondary N-.a
/ called the "ecerbcllum." N...Uy
/ knows exactly what It's flr ..rt
are, though undoubtedly tb,. .r.
very important. Part ~ lt- I..
/ ness is TO govern the muscles Ir such
a way ms to make them v.r. lu-.
mOnious,y. Rut one should .... ru.
: that all OF this apparatus atu. . .I..
! proper the Cerchellum. ~. .....
/ cord, the gansiia, and tae .....
. wires--is one installation. .....
/ plcto electrical plant.
While the body Is a. rest H...
. sleep, the storage batteries .. ...
brain and sub-stations are .....v
/ charged SO that on goi'lr- np.,..
the morning, one Is iu conditions ~
undertake days work Dutr.
the course ot the day if one .s y
ily employed. the supply OF aro.rs
is gradually digsipatod. and hy ...
evening so much of it ls gone ..s.
nature demands another pnr... %
rcpose in order to rein the battery
cells.
Lessons From Tish
II II very curious ra.f ..lH
science was first led tO id.....
nerve energy with clcctrira .r.,s.
by observation OF a fish tho .f.r.
pedo ray" which !s a not uncommon
species along our Atlantic cpus.. 4.
weighs about 40 pounds whom .N.
grown, ana specimens ar" u...
caught in the deeper waters of HHa-
yards Bay. Fiscrmen are ps ..I.
ingiy wary Of touching tuow tn. .a.
fish. which looks something ll. ID
gigantic skate, can deliver shock
that will knock man down
The rear part ot the tOrpOiutays
brain expands into bulb (cl, j
the electric bulb'D, which is an
electric generator This bulb.
through connecting nerves. supplies
electricity to two large oval .-,s
on. either side ot 1t. which uTn ,ue
storage batteries, each OF them com.
posed OF 40 cells placed vertically
The cells which are iu effect w"a-
turc Leydcn Jars, are filled with a
iclly-'iko substance. SubstuH... .Ir.
The apparatus is constructed uu the
same principle as the most up-.v-
date batteries for automobiles.
In working out the problem u
the torpedo fish II became uuplro,y
that the Juice stored IN us Hlt-
teries was derived from tho .-pa-
turc's central nervous system The
obvious inference was that the el5c-
trlcity was simply nerve energy and
that II this were true iu the case
uf the fish. the same idea mus, pre-.
sumably apply 70 other animals. IN
Cluding human beings.
Further experimentation by hi0'o-
gists proved it to be So, and has
placed beyond doubt tho fact that
the human body Is in truth mech.
auism operated by an eloctr.Ca. s.s-
TEN. Its main power station housed
In the box OF bone We call the skull