The Structure of the Brain; How to Understand And Cultivate Intellectual Power
The Structure of the Brain; How to Understand And Cultivate Intellectual Power
Albert Wilson
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It may seem absurd to suggest the need of thia important organ. But the way to consider this subject is to see^ experimentally, how animals get on when the brain is removed. These experiments are always conducted with anaBsthetics and antiseptics. It is found that any brain operation on the lower animals, however slight, upsets the whole organ. Thus if a small portion of the brain centre whick moves the left hand were cut out or injured, it would so irritate the brain that the other centres wou...ld be stimulated. Twitching of the left arm follows, then of the left leg ; finally it crosses the brain, and the right arm and leg become agitated until a general epileptic convulsion occurs. This has thrown a great deal of light on some kinds of epilepsy, for we know that it is the result of congestion or irritation of one spot spreading gradually to the motor areas. The brain of the fish is very rudimentary, so- much so that if it be removed the animal appears ^ Digitized by Google THE NECESSITY OF A BRAIN.
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