Show REASON FOR SWINGING ARMS Is a reminder of the days when we walked on all AH fours says scientist london sir victor horsley Ho raley lecturing before a medical society explained the habit of swinging the arms when walking he said it was unnecessary ry and a relic of days when we walked or on au all tours fours he said we still keep on moving all four alternately when we walk upright sir victor set forth some ideas concerning the functions of the cerebellum primarily the cerebellum must bo be regarded said the lecturer as an organ which has an important part in correct performance of many of our automatic actions walking standing running are examples of such actions he said which cannot bp be accurately carried out without normal well balanced cerebellum newborn new born animals he be said cannot stand they sprawl and before they can stand or walk or run there must be a development of the cerebellum in proof of this sir victor pointed out that tha the cerebellum of a full grown cat showed fully developed cells and fibers whereas in the brains of newborn new now born utters kutena this ibis portion Is not yot yet organized into active reave net ve tissues |