Show A in his read although every dog has his day few of the species attain to the distinction and celebrity of one which formerly belonged to the late mr arthur durham the fame of this animal was spread far and wide about five and twenty or thirty years ago ag o and durhams dog was as well known in scientific circles as the president of the royal society for the better pursuit of his investigations into the state of the brain in sleeping and waki ncr mr durham had removed a large part of the animals skull and had blazed the orifice with a stout watch glass the operation had been performed with the assistance of anesthetics and the dog was quite unaware that anything of the kind had occurred to him or that he had a transparent crown to his cranium but through this watch glass the state of the circulation in his brain in sleeping or waking could be observed with the greatest accuracy and ease and much useful information was thus supplied by him I 1 believe that he lived happily for many years afterwards and that he suffered no inconvenience from having glass top london world |