Show the sense of touch the sense of touch is tho the simplest but at atthe tho same time oneff one of important special senses of the human organism it is possessed by nearly all portion portions of the tile general surface of the body but finds its highest development in the hands the true skin contains multitudes 0 of t nerve filaments arranged in rows of papilla lh about one hundredth of an inch in length it is estimated that there are of these papilla in a square inell oi of the palmar surface of the liand hand the cuticle is absolutely essential to the sensation of touch for when the true skin is laid bare by a bum or blister the only feeling that it experiences from contact is one of pain not that of touch the cuticle shields the nerve filaments from direct contact with external objects touch is most delicate at the tips of the fingers and the band hand is one of the most important organs button declares th that atwith with fingers twice e as numerous and twice as long we woj would become proportionately wiser galen however taught that man mail ia Is the wisest of animals not because lie possesses the hand but because he lie is the wisest and understands its use the tile hand has been given to him for his mind not his hand has taught him the arts exquisite delicacy of touch is i attained by practice without it the skill of the painter sculptor and musician would bo be rude indeed jenness millers monthly |