| Show A PECULIAR FACT A somewhat curious subject has haa recently cen aly re received elved attention in certain a scientific circles the fact is ly known that persons who have tart lost limb by amputation frequently axi agine that the missing part of 40 tx body to Is still in its place but it not be generally known that the th illusion often is so vivid as to lead 10 accidents recent observations observation 6 it Is said have led to the conclusion aw in a majority of cases the that the amputated limb is still X bained isado distin distinct to qt as co ff deceive the intelligence of tb the ws vidual the national druggist gives aft 8 statements tate ments of several pat patients tents W as 1 their feelings and impressions aw says 1 I know mighty well that I 1 rha 6 leg yet when I 1 try to analyze I 1 feel that leg there why I 1 feel the foot this minute more than I 1 do the left one which to 10 biere before my eyes it the phantom PM P M 13 hurts me while the other does if I 1 could not assure myself by jaw touch and sight of the stump could convince me that the elgort leg was gone I 1 am having con to reason with myself in order lo 10 to convince myself of the of tf my sensations am A may be expected when the il 11 to Is so clear accidents cannot be avoided at all times the story is told of a horseman who had lost an arm 40 thinking he was taking the reins athe alie hand he did not have dropped ebann on the neck of the horse which im to one side threw the rider and injured him another story is a refuted of a gentleman who had only and while dressing one ane morn lug lost his equilibrium starting to he be put out the phantom arm to awn dy himself and had a severe fall sa As a consequence the experience of an old soldier abo had lost half of both feet is pe ef fAlar the druggist says OMI p man would sit for a half hour A 4 V time rubbing the ends of afis fa where his corns formerly were ing at the pain the phan ilk corris were giving him he would frequently declare theres go to be a change of the weather HIT maw corns are hurting me on being that he had no corns he rould eay never mind I 1 feel en em idl all the same mke common explanation of such mammana is that any irr tation ie die nerve that formerly connected with the brain is by the lat Soe counted for in the same way as aou ld i be were the missing limb to some this explanation has A av seemed mod satisfactory the sub betit alt has ado not yet received the attention ft probably deserves it may lead the gat or beyond the domain of into what tennyson calls the trial deeps of personality and fura abu k key ey to psychological mysteries |
