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Show NERVOUS IMT'JLSE IN MEf,'. Research Shows That It Va-!-: Slightly In Individuals. A curious instance of the carp cv minuteness with which the hu nn body Is now studied, in the effott better bet-ter to understand Its powers and ti. -tlons. Is furnished by a paper reai r" cently ut a meeting of tho Roa' f ciety in London on tho "Rnpldlt) i the Nervous Impulse In Tall and S'ort Individuals." Even the difference lr time required for a "nerve telegri-vi" to tracrse the bodies of different !"- plo Is regarded as a matter of kcIt.-tide kcIt.-tide Importance. A series of observa tlons has shown that the length of t'io nerve does not affect tho velocity with which an Impulse passes between tho brain and the extremities, and consequently conse-quently that more time is needed If tho path Is long than If It is short. It follows that a 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 chance of escape In one case than In the other. oth-er. Youth's Companion. |