Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-07 | Page 34 | Does Loss of Dull other Senses?

I Does LOSS of SIGH DULL Other SENSES I r-p r HERE has always been a theory 1 tha that THERE I ture compensates the individual in iI- JB sr 4 A other way for the loss of any one or it n r of the senses It is believed that the othe others a greater alertness But studies in m Fra Frs on this question seem seem to prove that in in the cas case caS the blind at least this belief does docs not i hold good 3 As a proof of the statement there are record certain tests made by Griesbach who wh the instrument called the ometer J ir 7 scientist declared that his blind subjects ft slightly less sensitive to the sense of touch t were normal persons corresponding to Backing up these findings of Griesbach ci c those of who used an known as the This scientist t covered that blind individuals have a ales les k sense of smell than those persons who are areto i ito to use their eyes i These conclusions according to a writer The Illustrated W World orId would seem to indic that if a person lost the sense of sight a c co co spending loss of power in greater or less dej de d was developed among his remaining senses a aBut But there are eminent scientists who d do il agree with the findings of these two men have nave b l fact tact is that different investigators looking at the question from different According to a French scientific writer write writer act of seeing bright red for example is a aall all only a physiologic manifestation j I jIt It is not until this bright spot is by the mind as something different than a air tr i color splotch and possessing certain other pro pro tie ties that the act of seeing comes to have any ani n I a aWhile While it is hardly likely that the phys sense can be made any keener yet it is hi rug hij probable that the mind may be so trained a a have a quicker alertness and a quicker and a n thorough understanding of that which is bj lie bE perceived Thus the brain may learn to or orand org orga J Jand and systematize itself I II ISo So two different individuals of the same sam r r mal eyesight may vary considerably in the their theu apprehension of some given object lies within their range of vision Dr is a strong advocate of the tl the thi e here presented He states that children wh who wh born blind but who later through a surg- surg operation gain in vision must often be taught taugh see This visual sense means nothing to to tl t until they have been taught the meaning of of i the eye takes in f fAn An apple for example will win be considered a splotch of red color until they have been tat tau that it is round that it is good to eat bard hard to the touch tonch etc ete j I jt