Show ifor for the deseret news athe 1 the nervous estem sy stemma sterna T BY A ALEXANDER alexandea OTT aft lee 4 iwa effew persons are perhaps per hap aware of the thelm im and utility of a ct certain peculiar ap peritus in the animal body called the nervous si system stem the principles in the machinery of organic life are so precise so mathematically correct rech reef that without the I 1 armonious armoni ous oua co opera tto tio n of the diff rent organs the wonderful process j of life w would ouid ce ceab a e instant neou sly 11 for instance the 0 oxygen gen and nitro genton gent genf 0 th insi red ired air were not separated ati etl wann gathered in the lungs the ox ich is ly n cessaro to he g ne ration of animal heat would woud no w th the blood a d hence fail to v the heart and ih 1 he e rest of the body Y wilh with vilh ith the ahe lire life life jire giving elements of caloric in order that the various and complete f notions necessary to sustain animal life are being performed in lit a manner the body is provided with the nerv cm ern which is he be medium of from one organ to another so that all th epli epil sica and mental functions are go goi gol carried by that wonderful apparatus thus we find that te tile berv lerv s of sensa ion breso peculiarly coi col strutted ted that the changes of term temm grature during the four s afons by bou sou coudgo d co ns are experienced without 4 ith out injury while again the sl anomaly nn or imperfection or of those atal orga a aluch is 13 frequently caused by and ind debauchery make a person liable either to sudden death or a lingering gi pai ful dis kase aase with a fatal result the nervous system consists of the brain cranial nerves spiral cord spiral nerves and the sympathetic nerve the nerves present ao ito the observant eye a complex oft soft ard mul mass of round flat fiat white cords cordi which atone at one extremely join the organ connecting the brain with the backbone back bone and at the ott er are bre ati attached ached to all the textures of the body th brain signifies anatomically anao ana and ply phd phy that part of th the e nervous system aich is connect ed with the skull bones that i are provided with the mem brances or linin lining of the brain the brain la is of a pulpy mass quite nite soft in childhood but which with the development of the body assumes a arre rolia organic form of a white gray color with u dilatory dul atory windings at the surface the spiral cord which is contal cental ed cd in the bick brck b ick bone bon per performs forns important functions for the upper and lower extremities has fissures dividing the spiral into two I 1 teral terai cords jh ach ch are united by a thin layer of a white ym rm substance and the lateral cords are each divided by f fi i arrows into three distinct s ts of fabres fibres viz te vie co dumns of mo motion fon ion and si sensation nation the sympathetic nerve one of the most in in teve tele stin atin and im important octant organs has many knots or ga glia running t along the spinal column which are of a so 0 sen sensitive a nature that ei eer n h the uhe least pressure or pu ct re I 1 is severely felt hence bows received where gan glia are cocat lo cald d generally result in great pain and anti wounds are arc if not properly treated mortal tai I 1 the brain and nerve i art are composed of a halt coagulated subs substance containing remar romar remarkable labie kabie fatty principles which lma imn can ean be extracted by meas mea s of alcohol and ether and about 80 per cent of water the chemical and physiological nature of the con of the nervous system are but imperfectly f known by an analysis however the existe ce of two very interesting bodies has been ascertained viz the acid and ani the oleo phosphoric acid the former contains carbon hydro hydrogen gent rii ril trogen nitrogen oxygen and phosphorus it can be dissolved by being dolled boiled tied in alcohol and forms with hot water a gelatinous mass the latter or the oeo aeo phosphoric aci acl I 1 is a soft oily substance constituting an important life ilfe sustaining cent gent agent of the brain rhe the spinal i erve the true nature of lamit hamit lawit mayet yet be ben n uly rully d present to the ghys I leist insist eist elst a of wonderful accuracy very del cate fi lamenti sometimes harty harcy harly barly vialle anibe to the n ked eye an I 1 hou ed in mai mal cellules cel cei hilb hiis lules hils w th ta t or gangai gan gli t f rm a remae remarkable kable subtle ramification or texture of r dens denb er is of th grewett gre hest best s ty th ni cranial nerver nerves are of vital importance to the animal bin hin b ln in connected with the brt bri brwn n and emura embra ing the organs of see tee beang rig melding emeling me liing le he rin ring tas ing and p aking or er ar burds it may perhaps be inte g to tb the e reader to kno inov r that about twive twive I years ears ago expert foens relative to the fest test ok of tb the e different organs ivre lre gre meide in paris with particular r ference arence lo 10 0 o the sen e rf ef smelt before a number rumber of sa a beautiful specimen of a was p e ened to paci caci perso penso i present rhe fhe maj r ty were delighted wl wi h the exl exi lent int arms armb a f few ew rr fr bounced its cent weak weale ith jhb tha ry nerve cf two tiao individual was rot at all bil 11 afflicted ed and one pers n sta ed the dicent of that a t filver 0 een den qa gli te offensive su so ia la reference to be rr an s of hear bear hearing bearing irig frig experiments have bown rown that very excellent music bad no or very I 1 atle atie effect uron upon som soma 3 individuals white while cometh birr ng r med mes vere lvere delighted these ting aben mena are supposed to be originating erber in a development non or idiosyncrasy 0 the respect ive organs ettle ettie nervo irs system being of 0 a delcame del dei cate na ture even in its sonni gonn state is materially and rie fre frequently fatally injured by debaucheries debau cheries cherles or ar or excesses excesses of f any kind hence the care hs betaken betoken be taken to maintain the ibe of that important apparatus tf if the human syb bys term temm the birg na n which element was wits discovered in lyt 1774 sut sustains sins ains atit riat lite and aud od all the ordinary ph cainen ot of neuin ii 1 ta is a lul lui tle tie beaver than atmospheric air wh winn wina a disengaged trum tue the nitrogen ll it appears a gas Is a little tittle lighter than air la Is colorless tast lerr ft MI ant inodorous odorous tn it swains neither anima allt ence nor and Is i parti cula cuis ly by tive negative five properties a characteristic compound compon compo tind nd ot of the water I 1 ta teles steles cio clo lebs and inodorous when quite pure pune 9 t tut ut tarn vlen hn prepared from irom iron ll JL amella very brong and ana or of i being much I 1 ahter r than th i loo bac inch w 1 und r the circumstances of an n ord 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