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Show I . . : , 'oCr- 'oCr oCr 'oCrLeft ' - ' Left Left-Handedness Left Handedness - . - Handedness " 'Is Is ' LeftHandednessIs Is Brain Mystery Light Thrown on Phenom- Phenom Phenomenon Phenomenon Phenom-enon Phenom enon - enon of Ambidexterity . LondonA London -A A - A former formerdeputy former deputy ' deputv dE'put dEput com'Dls comDls commis com'Dls"Iloner commisaloner conmissloncr ' "Iloner Iloner aloner " of ot London's Londons ' metiopolltan meliopoHtan metropolitan pollce police pollceonce policeonce policeonce once halt half seriousl seriously } : ; suggested cuggestcd that a apolice apolice apolice police car should be pelpetually perpetually perpetuallyparked pelpetuallyparked peipetuallyparked parked before 45 Bans Hans pl1cc-so pl1cc so pl'ice-SO pl'ice plice place ' - - so often oftenlId oftendid oftendid lId did ! Scotland Yard require the senlces sertiices senlcesof sertiicesof servicesof of the man m\n m n ' \ who lives l1\"cs l1 "cs cs \ " tlicre there This Thls m'ln mln man manulso ' , 11190 also known as the "unofllcial unofllcial "uDofficl'1l uDofficl1l "unnfici'il unnficiil " " ' ' counsel counselto to the C . I D ; , " Is Sir Junes Jlmes James Cnchton Crichton CnchtonIkowoe Crichtonllrowne CnchtonBrovvne Ikowoe llrowne , author of some novels based basedon basedon basedon on paradoses paradoxes of legal medicine and se serlous serious serious rlous rious works on nen neri nervous ous diseases dlsenses , and andvlco andvice andvice vlco vice president of the Royal Ro al InstitutionJust institutionJust Institution InstitutionJust Just " 27 7 years ago he concluded a lec lee lecture leehire iceture ture hire on ' Deterl Dexterity Detteritv " { \ - and nnd the Bond Dond Sin SIn- SInIcter Sinister Sinister - ister Icter ; ; , " ' at the Institution with the theworos thelvords thewords woros lvords : Expert Elucidates . . 'Wo Wo * ' Wo We cannot get rlt rid ] of right or left lefthandedness lefthandedness leftJiandedness handedness try ho'We how ho\\ ho \ ' we 'We may . To raze out the written troubles of the t.he . bl11n bl11nIs bi biainIs sin sinIs Is no ea easy < ; Y matter ; to delete Its deeply deeplyengraven deeplyengraven deeplyengraven engraven records is a n t lsl isk . Impos Iruposblble impossible lble " " A representative of oC the Dally Mali Malihaving ' Mallhaving 1111 1111II'1.vlng II'1.vlng II1.vlng II1vlng having ' . recently read a report of the thelectme thelecture thelectuie lectme lecture tliiough tlnough through and failln failing to grD grasp . p It Itcnth itentirely itcntliely cnth entirely ely called c111ed at at35 -35 35 45 - Hans place , think thllll think- thinking thinking . - ing to catch c'ltch cltch ' Sir James napping In Inone Inone Inone one way he did for Sir Tames T'1mes T1mes ' had just justbeen justbeen justbeen been celebrating celebr'ltlng celebrltlng celebr'tiug celebrtiug ' Ins Ius his ninety fOUl foutth foutthbirthday fouithbirthday th thblrthdnv blrthdnv birthday . In another wnv was ' , he lie didn't didnt didn't.for didnt.for didntfor ' , . for when he left he be lie took tooh \ ' with Ith him an anelucl anelucldatinir anelucidation elucl elucldatinir 'ltloll ltloll ' of tlie the lecture of 1008 1905 1905nhich 1008which nhich \ blch , , in the Dally\Iall Dally Iall Daily , : \ .Mail Mail . Mad , , read reads : . In p'1rt p1rt part p'1rtas partas partns ' as folIo follows-an follows an follow " s-an s an - s - an epic of Its ; sort cort : "Ambidextral Ambidextral AmlJldetr'll AmlJldetrll "Ambidettral Ambidettral " , " { ' culture useful enougb enough enoughin enougbIn In some specially specUlllv employed persons personsmust , must on the large scale sc\le sc le sale ' \ tend to con confuclon confusion confusion confusion"Right fuclon fusion ; fuclonuRight fusion'Bight "Right Right uRight 'Bight Bight ' " handedness h'1ndel1ness h1ndel1ness ' Is \ woven oven In the thebrain thebrain thebrain brain and so is left handedness handedne hnndecine q nnd and nndto andto andto to change the thc pattern p1ttern patternou \ou ou 'ou you \ ' must un unravel unravel unravel ravel the tissues My com cone conviction Ictlon Iction Is Isthat isthat isthat that as regards left handednebS handedne.s handednes handedness : . it Is Iswell iswell Iswell well to leave le9.ve le9ve . well wcll alone . "I I " 1 am interested to note , therefore thereforethat , that our London school doctors who whohave whohave whohave have been Investigating the tl1C teaching of ofleft ofleft ofleft left handed h1nded children chltdren have h1ve come to the thesame thesame thesame same conclusion conclusloD as ns that at which I ar arrIved arrived arnved rIved so long ago Their 1helr Zlieir memor1ndum memorandum memor1ndumjust memorandumjust memorandumjust just presented lays stress on the serl serious * . ous danger that may result from pres pressure . sure in correcting left handedness handedne.s handednes . in inchildren inchildren Inchildren children when It Is either eltber natural or orwell orwell orwell well c established"There established established"There < : tnbUshed tnbUshed"Th're "There There "Th're Thre " ( ' are cases of genuine and per per- permanent permanent . - manent ambidexterity ambldetterity amblde " , = terlty , notably not'1bly not1bly ' that th1t of ofLord ofLord ofLord Lord Baden PO\cl1 PO cl1 Poicell Pow , \ ell . , tliat that benefactor of ofIlls ofhis oftils Ills his counhy country , who is accustomed to use useboth useboth useboth both hands interchangeably . "It It " has never ne\"er ne "er er \ " been lJeeD suggested thatleft th'lt thlt that th'ltleft thatleft ' left handedness b'lndedness blndedness ' or ambidexterity ambidetterlty ambide tertty is in- in indicative In Indicative . - dicative dlcatlve of any mental defect or In- In Incompatible In Incompatible . - compatible with the highest Intellec Intellec- Intellectual Intellectual - . tual tunl power or with genius Lconardo Leonardo Leonardoda Lconardoda da " Vinci "lncl lncl was left b1nded"Natllral handed"Natural banded b1nded handed banded"Natural "Natural Natural "Natllral Natllral " left lert handedness handednc < : s is merely a atransference atransference atransference transference of ot power po\\er po er \ from one side sideIo sidelo 10 Io the other , and acquired ambidexter ambidexter- ambidexterity ambldester-it5 ambldester it5 - . It ity means the special training of ot ccr cer ccr11n cersin ccrain 11n sin groups of muscles and their springs springsn n the biain blain bialn for certain movements movements't movementst 't t ' , t Is all a matter m'ltter mltter ' of cerebral org'lnlza orglnlza organlza- organlza organlza-rn organlza rn organlzaen organlzarnMysteries ' - . .n n en enMysteries . Mysteries of the Brain . Hie fhe Phe two hemispheres hemlspberes of the brain brainin brainI brain'I I ' 'I- 'I I 'Inot II , * ' - not functionally functlonally symmetrical In In.i In.i Ini In.iast .I I . . . \ast ast last \ n t majority of persons the leftirsphere left leftI I lI nsphere irsphere < : phere Is the tbe more \ voluntary oluntary , tbeJ thei the tbe theII J i II I t the more automatic , but there Is Isfill isan Isnu fill an I ' ccasional ec'tsional ectsional ( , ( , ' 'lslonal lslonal ' reversal re\ers'11 re ers'11 ers11 \ ' of this arrange- arrange arrangeDlt arrange-m arrange m - . Dlt anit anit"w 11 It ItIIW 11Xi \"w "w w ' \ Xi \IIW IIW \ " w the tbe hand and ' arm 1rm centers cpnters c"nters cnters " are aread aread areadmont ad I r I n ] f'nt fnt eat ' to each other and clo.ely cloely closely clo.elylInl closelyllnkid closelyIInk ! : . lInl llnkid . , II ( I with the thc speech centers ccnters in the thebilln thebt thebi bt billn iln fin . , , and it is a significant fict flCt f ict ob obsel obset obsei\ed obsei ed sel set \ ' ed b bi } the London school doctors doctorsth'1t doctorsthat doctorsthat th'1t th1t that ' < : ; stammering lnmmerlng Is among aDJong the nervous nervouss nervoussystems nervoussvstpms s systems st ( > ms Induced by 111 III ill judged efforts fforts to tocorrect tocorrect tocorrect correct left bande hnndedness handedness necs : ; in young chU cull chUdren culldren chlldrcn dren in III whom the tbe evolutions of the thebrain thebrain thebrain brain centers are still going onWe on15'e on [ We 15'e 15e ' have right and left h.tndedness htndedness handedness h.tndednesseven handednesseverywhere handednesseven . , everywhere even \ where \ here In the human subject It Itis ItIs Itis is well cll to accept It ' as 'IS IS It Is 1'3 13 ts ' , and make makethe makethe makethe the best of It without attempting anyfutlte anyfutile any anyfutile futile futlte , . perhaps hazardous h'lZ3rdoU8 hlZ3rdoU8 lrazardous ' transforma transforms transformaHon transformstion transformatlon Hon tion " |