Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1885 — Fainting. [ARTICLE]

Fainting.

A timid person sees,.perchance, some accident in which human life is possibly sacrificed, or the sensibilities are otherwise shocked. His feelings overcome him, and he faints. How are we to explain it? Let us see what takes place. The impression upon the brain made by the organ of eight creates (through the agency of special centres

in the organ of the mind), an influence upon the heart and the blood-vessels of the brain. This results in a decrease in the amount of blood sent tb the brain, and causes a loss of consciousness. In the same way persons become dizzy when looking at a water-fall, or from a height, through the effects of the organs of the sight upon the brain. Ur 1 . A. L. Banney, in Harper’s Magazine.