Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-05

close to il and care not what the
results of their experiments may
be, so long as they reveal the
actual order Of nature.
These men perform thousands
of experiments and make thou
sands of observations that come
TO nothing.
These are rejected because
they do not measure up 10 the
standard OF accuracy which the
mind Of the first-rate scientist
demands.
Once or twice perhaps in sew
crA years they obtain result
which can be tested and re-
tested and which they are will
ing 10 accept as pure truth.
They are little known 10 the
public. They usually care MOTH
ing about fame or acclaim, in
deed they usually care very little
for anything that the world sets
great store by.
4 ROUND them there is always
"A a ring of secondary men
who take the results of their re-
searches and turn them into
something which will make
money and give them position
and reputation in the world.
They seem 10 care little
whether a theory is true, so
much as whether il is plausible.
Too often they are the ones
that the public acclaims as the
greatest scientists Of the genera
ton.
One Of the truly firSt-rate
scientists of our time was Sir
Charles Sherrlngton.
! doubt if his name will mean
anything at all TO the first half
dozen even well-informcd lay
men that you meet. and yet he
has been one Of the greatest
contributors TO the science of
the physiology Of the brain and
the nervous system Of all time.
His last book, Man on His
Nature" is a comparison Of the
ideas of a French physician,
Jean Fernel, who wrote a book,
"On Hidden Causes" in 1912,
the first modern textbook of
physiology. with our present
conceptions of physiology.
At the very outset of such n
comparison. one is struck with
the fact that Ferncl and the
m o dern psychologist hardly
speak the same language: they
do not research with the same
tools.
What did Fernel know about
electronS or nerve impulScS-all
the c h G m ! c a reactions, the
physical reflexes in the BIO dy
with which the modern physiolo-
giSt deals?
pUT both the old scientist and
~ the new specu late as
TO what is the ultimate nature
of man; and both of them agree
that man is essentially mind.
How can we enviSag @
mind? Energy does not an
Swer the question.
For Sherrington, the modern,
as for Fernel, mans mind goes
therefore in our Spatial world
more ghostly than a ghost. In
visible. intangible, it Is a thing
not ever of outline. Ii remains
without sensual confirmation.
Stripped TO nakednesS. there re-
mains to it but itself. What then
does that amount to? All that
counts in life. Desire, zeSt, truth.
life, knowledge, values, helrs
depth a nd heavens utmost
height"
To this concept of mind"
Sherrington adds the perceived
world-together they make up
the sum total for US; they are
all we have.
c. T.: Is it possible TO have
too much calcium in ones body {?
Would this cause neurltic pains =?
Answer: Calcium deposits oc-
cur in bones and tendonS and IN
the walls Of arteries all over
the body. There is no way 10
stop them. They are often re-
sponSible for neuriUS.
What's I'm Name? You'll
Find Out When You Read +. &
Jenson's Short Story About a
Devoted Young Husband Who
Played n Role Unknown TO His
Wife and Found Himself Caught