Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 January 1908 — Page 3

ORKKNCA8TLE, INDIANA, TITVKSDAY, JAN. 2, 1008.

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WORK OF IE enu Curious Facts About the Human Thinking Apparatus.

WHERE THOUGHTS ARE BORN.

Right Handed Persons Form Ideas In the Left Half of the Brain and Left Handers In the Right Half—Strange Freaks of Mental Blindness. Common opinion has it that the thinking Is done in the front part of the brain, so that a high forehead means a lofty intellect. Common opinion, it turns out, is precisely wrong. More hard thinking is done at the back part of the head than anywhere else. Much of the rest Is done in a region just above the ears. When the thinking Involves action th» sides and top of the head play their special part. In fact, about the only portion of the outer layers of the brain substance that has never been found to have the least connection with any sort of thinking is that lying above the eyes. There is another curious fact about the thiuking apparatus. Nine men out of ten at least do all their thinking on the left side of the brain and might, as far as their purely mental operations are concerned, get on just as well if the entire right half were removed. To Ikj sure, a tumor on the right side of the brain, a broken blood vessel or a disintegration of the brain substance Is apt to cause more or less complete and permanent paralysis of corresponding groups of muscles, always, of course, on tlie left side of the body, since, as is well known, nearly all the nerve fibers in passing from the brain to the body organs cross over to the other side. Such an Injury to the right side of the brain, however, does not in general affect tiie mind. This remains as clear and sane and vigorous as ever. On the other hand, the very same Injury to the brain which on the rigid side affected only the body will when it occurs on the left side affect the mind as well. To paralysis of the muscles Is added curtailment of the thinking powers. There have been men who have lost a cupful of brains out of the right side of their heads and retained all their mental faculties unimpaired. There have been other men in whom the loss of a half a thimbleful from the left side lias rendered them for (lie remainder of their lives unable to recognize by sight their own wives. I have said that most men do all their thinkiug on the left side of their brains. The remainder use only the right sides of theirs. These, moreover, are the left handed men. Apparently, too, right handed men are right eyed men also, and not only sight a gun or use a microscope with the right eye, hut also sit to drive or stand to bat or grasp tools in the way that will give to that eye the more unimpeded view. In addition, right handed men are also right < ,ired while they hear with both ears, they listen with the right—us any one may test In bis own case for himself. Left handed men are correspondingly left eyed and left eared. Thus, the centers for the more skillful hand and probably for the better trained eye come normally on the same side of the brain us the thinkiug apparatus, so that the eye, hand and thought work together. In general, then, all the thinking Is done on the left side of the hralu. Can we not go farther and say that particular kinds of thinkiug are done In particular regions of the left cortex? The phrenologists, of course, have the entire brain mapped out like city lots—combativeness here, order there. Tills part of one’s brain operates when h5 puts away his shoes in the closet, that when he throws them at the cat. Now, as a matter of fact, we have "faculties” in the mind and “organs” in the brain about us mucb as we have a baseball playing muscle and a wood sawing muscle and still another muscle for standing still. The hralu acts as a whole just as the body does. We use all our muscles to play hall, and we use them all to saw wood. I have already touched upon the case of the man who suddenly lost the ability to recognize ids wife. This man, who was a workman in Glasgow, had ills skull fractured by a blow on the left side of the head about midway between the ear and the crown, so that a splinter of bone became imbedded in the gray matter of his hralu. At once lie lost the capacity for thinking about what be saw. Though his sight was sharp enough, he could not recognize the most familiar objects. Ills friends, ids children, his wife, appeared merely as colored spots, yet otherwise Ids mind was clear, and the moment any of them spoke be knew them at once. He could not tell by eyesight how many fingers were held up before bis face, but by touch lie could count them as well as ever. Still stranger freaks of mental blindness, however, are brought about by the bursting or plugging of minute blood vessels in the brain. There is a New York Case of this sort, an educated, middle aged woman who took up her newspaper one morning and to her consternation found that she could not read a single word. A minute artery had become stopped; the blood supply was cut off from the little spot of gray matter which the mind uses most In thiuking about printed and written words. To the day of her death tills woman never read another letter. Yet in every other respect she remained entirely normal. To speak paradoxically, the most Im-

portant deeds of our lives are our words. It is speech more thau anything else that makes us human, while words are not so much “for the purpose of concealing our thoughts” as the only means by which we are able to think effectively at all. Few Injuries, therefore, are more distressing to the victim or to bis friends than are those which affect the “speech center” at the side of the head a little above and in front of the auditory area. An apoplectic stroke at this point often paralyzes an entire half of the body and renders the victim dumb for the remainder of lus days. It sometimes happens, however, that the plugged or ruptured blood vessel Injures just the right bit of brain tissue to cut off the power of speech and do nothing else. The patient can use his mouth and throat as before—for everything except talking. Sometimes If the injury does not extern! to the center from the hand he can communicate in writing. He can read and understand spoken words as Ijefore. Occasionally he can utter parrot fashion any sound in the language or even repeat correctly anythii*g said In his presence. Sometimes the aphasic can use words of one syllable. Sometimes he retains a small stock of words. It may he no more than four or five. Sometimes he loses his stock of proper names or it may be all his nouns. There have heen nphnslcs who would articulate perfectly, hut were continually at a loss to find the appropriate word. It Is all a question of the precise point where the smashup happened to occur and the extent of the destruction. In all cases what is lost or curtailed is the ability to think about spoken words. It seems strange that when one Is dining he Innervates the muscles of the tongue and lips and throat from the sides of the bruin like other paired organs, but when he turns to speak to the waiter he controls the very same muscles from the left side of his brain only. Tt all goes to show how peculiar and in a sense artificial are human speech and ability to think In words.—Chicago Record-Herald. SCALP WOUNDS. Various Results That May Come With a Bump on the Head. A hump on the head is one of the commonest of accidents, hut the skin which covers the cranium is tough and Is protected by the hair of the scalp, so it is comparatively rare that the blow results in anything more serious than a bruise. This is fortunate, for an open wound of the scalp is a rather difficult affair to manage at times, and its complications and sequels are likely occasionally to give more or less trouble. A severe bruise, such as may be caused by striking the head with cousiderahle force against a blunt projection. say the rounded edge of a table, usually results in more or less !>oggy swelling, due to the effusion of serum or blood under the scalp. Ordinarily this gives no trouble, except that it may lie quite tender for a few days. The effused serum or blood Is sooner or later absorbed, and the hump becomes a thing of the past. lu some cases the fluid becomes full of pus owing to the inflammation of the bruised tissues. This kind of a wound must be opened and the matter washed out, otherwise It may burrow quite a distance along the skull and possibly result In the destruction of some of the bone. An ordinary bruise of the scalp does not call for much attention. If the swelling Is considerable the scalp and hair should be thoroughly washed, and then a lotion should be applied of boric acid dissolved in cologne water or a wash of witch hazel. If the Imlr is very thin it had better be cut short over the bruise, so that the lotion can more readily reach the part if the sufferer Is a boy, hut if a girl the lotion will have to reacli the spot as best It can. The hair need not be cut unless it is really a case serious enough to call for the offices of a surgeon. When the scalp is cut or torn the matter is more grave, both in its present state and its possible consequences, and had better he left to the doctor to treat. A blow hard enough to tear the scalp may have been of sufficient force to crack the skull, and even if the hone is Intact and the fracture may occur In another part of the skull from that struck through the operation of what surgeons call contrecoup or a “Counterblow”— the scalp may become inflamed and slough away, leaving the bone denuded, so that it may lose its vitality and give rise to trouble calling for surgical interference, or it may become the seat of an erysipelas. At any rate, the wound will need washing and possibly a few stitches to bring the cut edges together.—Youth’s Companion.

♦^AtfitANT ” ~ Profeisor Skeat on the Proper Pronunciation of the Word, lustead of trusting to casual observers, it is far better to understan 1 the principles that govern our pronunciation. There is one principle in particular which, rightly considered, gives us a good deal of help In the instance under consideration. In my “Primer of English Etymology” 1 give some simple rules of accentuation. Rule 1 is as follows: “Wheq the length of a word Is an" mented an original long vowel is apt to lx 1 shortened by the accentual stress falling upon it.” Such augmentation is dne to the formation of a derivative, An easy example Is seen in the ease of cone, pronounced with a long “o,” for if we form a derivative by adding the suffix "le” the result is conic, with a short “o.” There Is a general principle that affects the while language and sets up a standard Iiebit. By way of illustration, compare bile with bilious, crime with criminal, brake and bracken, dine and dinner, mine and mineral, coal and collier and perhaps at least seventy more. A renuukah'e instance is seen In collie, which is merely a new pronunciation of coaly. Certain dogs were once called coaly dogs because of their coal black markings. Au extension of the same principle may he made In comparing tin* dissyllabic forms agent and cogent with the allied trysyllables agitate and cogitate When once such a principle has become general it is obvious that a word like pageant will lie influenfed by the very large number of di-syllablea that have tlie former vowel short, and this is why the truly normal pronunciation of tlie word resembles the “a” in 1’aget 1 do not certainly know the origin of that name, but I suppose it is merely the diminutive of page, in which the “a” is shortened as a matter of course simply because tlie diminutive “et” has been added. Tlie pronunciation of primer lias often been discussed, and many are they who think that they clinch the matter by saying that the ’’t” in the Latin primus i.: long, for that proves nothing at all as regards modern English and those who have studied our pc culiar ways with the closest attention are well aware that the normal way is, after all, to pronounce it as If it were spelled primmer. We do not therefore spell it with a double “m,’’ liecause that is not our system. We write tonic and conic and mimic lu order to show their connection witli toue and cone and mime, and we trust that the unfortunate reader, afti r he has thus had the etymology explained to him. will provide the pronunciation for him self. Rueh a word as pageant may be usefully compared with magic and tropic and agitate. Loudon Academy. SAVED BY QUICK WIT.

Value of Understanding. The habit of being content with nothing less than understanding a thing is of Inestimable worth to every man, young or old. No matter what one's occupation or responsibility, his first task is to understand what is his part to do. Understanding means not only to know a thing before one’s eyes, but to know a task, a position or an opportunity In its relation to other things. It requires some thinking, therefore, to have a comprehensive grasp of any piece of work in its rightful relations. No one can dutifully and faithfully hold a place or accomplish a good thing without at least enough thinkiug to uu derstand clearly what he Is to do and what its meaning is. Few of us work under sealed orders. Most of us have plenty of light to make sure we are on the right track and are doing things lu the right way.—Wall Street Journal.

The Escape of Sir Archibald Douglas at Poitiers. In the battle of I’oitlers (1350) a number of Scottish soldiers fought on the side of the French, and several of them were taken prl.-oners by the English. Among them was Sir Archibald Douglas, half brother of Lord William Douglas. Being dre el in a suit of splendid armor, the vi -tors thought they had captured as Indeed they had—some great nobleman. Several of tlie English were about to strip off his armor when Sir William Ramsay of Colluthie, who wan also a prisoner, happening to catch Sir Archibald's eye, gave him a meaning look. Pretending to be very angry, he cried out: “You rascal, how is it that you are wearing your master's armor? t'ome here and puli off my boots!” Douglas, seemingly thoroughly cawed, went bun bly forward and drew off a boot, with which Sir William began to Inuit him. The English onlookers at once interfered on Douglas' behalf, saying that he was a person of great rank and a lord. “What!” shouted Ramsay, shaking with laughter. “He a lord? Why, he Is a base knave and, i suppose, has slain ills master. Go, you villain, and search tlie field for the body of my cousin, your master, and w Ii«n you have found it let me know, that 1 may give it decent burial.” All this was acted so naturally that the English allowed Ramsay to ransom tlie pretended manservant for 40 shillings. The money having been paid, Sir AVU11am gave Douglas another thrashing and then hade him begone. Sir Archibald lost no time in effecting his escape, which he owed solely to the ingenuity of his friend.

Human Muscles. If the muscles in the arm of the average man were put together and a nervous impulse passed into them, their contraction would lift a weight of 221 pounds from the ground. Muscles have the unique power when stimulated by nerve Impulse of contracting somewhat as rubber bands might do If they could squeeze themselves up shorter. They are, in fact, the reverse of rubber, for they contract only and cannot stretch out.—Minneapolis Journal.

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BROAD PARK. Christmas passed off very quietly here. R. C. Hodge and wife are spending this week visiting relatives in Owen county. John Stringer and family spent Christmas day with David Haines and family. Joe Cline and family visited Sunday at Fletcher Walters. Thomas Btoadstreet and family spent Tuesday night and Wednesday with Morton Hicks and wife, of Stilesvllle. They atended the Xmas entertainment at Stilesvllle on Tuesday night. Frank Wilcox and family visited Wednesday at his father’s. Manda and Daisy Philips visited their sister, Mrs. Hugh Wilson, of Indianapolis, last week. Frank Johnson and wife, of

One Comfort. They were weeping for the head of the house, whoso automobile had gone over the bank. “Anyway,” said tlie widow, drying her tears for the moment, “his death was in the height of fashion.”—St Louis Post-Dispatch.

Her Little Pleasures, Husband I wish you woulil stop this everlasting picking flaws In your noighliors. Wife That’s Just like you! You never want me to have the least pleasure!—Liverpool Mercury.

The strongest things are In danger from the weakest.—Disraeli.

Coatesville visited Hugh Parker, i Sunday. James Buis and wife visited ! Ernest Ellett’s Saturday. Wade Wood and family, of Green- | castle, visited Clevie Parker and other relatives around here last j week. Thomas Broadstreet and family 1 spent Sunday with John Stringer j and family. Schools began Monday, after a week’s vacation. Miss Mae Allee visited Miss Edith ' McFadden and at Mr. James Alice’s, of Crown Center, Thursday night and Friday. Frank Cline called on his best girl at Cloverdale Wednesday. Aunt Phoebe Wood is staying at Nathaniel Stringer’s this w* Mrs. Bertha Dorsett and little daughter, Mrs. Gertie Mills and little son and Gilbert Dorsett and family attended a Xmas tree at Earl Hurst’s, of Greencastle, Tuesday night. Mr. Nier and family and R. C. Hodge and wife visited at William Alice’s Christmas day. Mrs. Clevie Parker’s brother, of near Greencastle, visited her a few days last week. Mr. Morgan Hodge went to Indianapolis Tuesday. Born to Daniel Parker and wife, Dec. 22, a daughter. Mrs. George Oneal and little son visited her father, Mr. Bert Kivett, Friday night. Master Kenneth Dorsett vistied at his grand father’s a few days last week. Miss Mae Allee visited Miss Grace MrAnineh, Saturday night and Sunday. Cornie Buis and family visited at Mr. Sechman’s, of near Mt. Meredian, Tuesday night and Wednesday. Butchering hogs is the order of tlie day. Mr. Ernie Kivett went to Indianapolis Monday. Miss Vida Buis visited at Orville Wallace’s, of Stilesvllle, last week. Miss Bonnie Chenow’eth visited her sister, Mrs. Minnie Walters, Friday. Clevie Parker and wife spent Thursday with Raymond Hurst and family. Mrs. Mary Dorsett is visiting at Martinsville this week. Ike Rogers’ mother is very poorly at this writing. Trustee R. C. Hodge, and Messrs H. H. Parker, J. G. Buis, J. W. Stringer and David Wallace went to Greencastle Monday on legal b ness'.

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