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Show NERVOUS IMPULSE IN MEN. Research Shows That It V.t' ; Slightly In Individuals. A curious Instance of the care r ! minuteness with which the hit t.i body is now studied, In tho effort i"-t-tor to understand Its powers nnd tune tlons. Is furnished by a paper re.ni tv-centlj tv-centlj at a meeting of the Royal rudely ru-dely In London on tho "Rnpldltv nf the Nervous Impulse In Tall and S'u ft Individuals." Even tho difference in time required for a "nerve telegridi" to traverse the bodies of different people peo-ple Is regarded as a matter of fri"ii-tlflr fri"ii-tlflr Importance. A series of observations observa-tions has shown that the length of tho nerve dues not affect the velocity with which nn Impulse passes between tho brain nnd the extremities, and consequently conse-quently that more time li needed If the path Is long than If It Is short. It follows that n short man should feel a step on his corns quicker than a tall man, but the difference. Is slight that the offender has no better chanco of escape In one caso than In the other oth-er Youth's Companion. |