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Show WHAT A KNOCK-OUT BLOW IS., Ch Working of Ilia Faro of Ulow DllTrcd on Hi Vital Pnrtt. "How Is a rann knocked out?" It a question ofleu asked. Good flirbtert know what portions of their anatomy they mutt defend In ordor to avoid being put to sleep, but few kno-r the "Inside" resioos wby a blow on tbli or that point will send a man Into tho land of unconsciousness. un-consciousness. It Is a simple thing when you know It, like everything else, and to know It, It Isn't necetiary to go through tho operation with your own person; In fact, an experience of thai kind alone will give you no more Inform tnatlon than you have now. The cauio and effect, as explained by Dr. Philip E. Dunlin, Coroner's physician, who has made tbe study of shock ono of rare interest, in-terest, and who basdellvored lectures on that and relative subjects beforo tbe Medico-Legal and other societies, are something like this: ON TUB roINT OP TIIE JAW. There are two divisions of nerves that evory man has concealed about hit person. per-son. One Is the corebrn-iplnnl, and tbe other It sympathetic The flrat named Is callod that of animal life, bacauie It Influences tho physical actions of man. It duds Its harbor along tho tplno and in tbe brnlu, and Influences one to make tbli, that, or tho other action, such at a step forward or tbe llftlug of a hand. It is the main division, because It directly compels lbs brain to act, ond, without the action of tbe brain, thcro it no llfo worth talking nbout. The other is tbe ruler of the organs nnd blood vessels, and is known ns tho organlo division. It has a closo connection with the former division, through departments, or "llttlo brains," that may bo tald to ueit along the spine, iud.upon due encouragement, communicate with the other, aond the shock up along the spinal column and, thus affect the brain. TIIE BLOW EEniN'D TUB KAIL In tho anlmnl life dlvltlou, slcepful-ncss, slcepful-ncss, or coma, It produced by a blow on or about tbe head. A "ran on the jaw" tends a shock to tho brain which cautca a rattling and a jumble that, for the time bcinir, or possibly permanently, bring about llfelcssnoss by concussion. It doeiu't require a Hercules to dellvej It. either, so long at it fetches up in tho right spot. Neither arc bare knuckles nor sklu gloves essential. On tbe contrary, con-trary, the man wearing boxing gloves can do tbe act more successfully, for tho reason that when ho lands ho can cover a groater surface of vulnerable space with tho comparatively broad expausa that the mlttou presents than with the natural uncovered hand. This Is easily tbown by tho record of John L. Sullivan, who went about tbu country knocklug peoplo out In three or four rounds, several a week, in public exhibitions, whero only tbo "pillows," or four-ounce gloves, were permitted by tho authorities authori-ties to bo used. The blow to produco that effect may be delivered on the Jawbone, whether near the chin, under or behind tbe ear, or anywhere near tho base of tho brain. Beforo Sullivan opened up bis knock-ing-out career It was seldom that tbe putting of a man to sleep was heard of. This doubtless It duo to the fact lu former voars London prize ring rules governed most battles. In these wrestling Is per- OK THE JUOULAIl VEIN. mltted, and rounds aro ofton quickly ended by a throw of one of thu contestant! con-testant! to the ground, before tbero It much opportunity for stand-off, square hitting, as there la under Queentberry rulct, uudcr which John L. mado hit name. Thcro Is also the blow on the neck, or luuular vein, that will bring about coma. TUB IIEVHT ULOW. TlTii'-sw la delivered on the arteries of the neck, and drives the blood up Into tho brain iu audi a way as to create a bavuo equal to tho effect of tho communication commu-nication by way of the Jaw. It Is more or lets of a cniu of awntup, in which tbe brain is overpowered by the flood and jar, aud drops out uf the performance uf Its norru.il functions. i in tne organic division, a blow over tbo heart will do tbo tamo work, Iu this cait tbe force that lands on the body it carried In to the heart, and In-itantaneouslj In-itantaneouslj it spread to tbo "Httle-bralna" "Httle-bralna" alongtlde tho spinal column, and thence to tho brain. Tbe result I, the tame In each cate, The causes are Intricate in tbtlr Workings, but the factt, at above ttated, will give a general Idea, of bow a man It knorked-out JV. J-Ir'orW. |
