Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1889 — The Duration of Nerve Life. [ARTICLE]

The Duration of Nerve Life.

It has been estimated that we get a complete new' outfit of brains about every two months. The duration of a nerve’s life is about sixty days. Each nerve cell has its own independent functions subordinate to the higher functions of the w’hole brain en masse, and the latter acts as a sort of boss or overseer to the individual actions and life of each separate cell. Every cell is destroyed and renewed every two months, so we each get six brand-new brains per year!— Medical World.