. Harper's weekly. ft hand in a frosty night, which hadsubsequently grasped Ids right arm. This was areal ghost of the brain, which the awakening of thesenses and the understanding explained. M. Gra-tiolet narrates a dream of his own which is singu-larly illustrative of how tho brain makei ghosts insleep. Many years ago, when occupied in studyingthe organization of the brain, he prepared a greatnumber both of human and animal brains. Hecarefully stripped off tho membranes, and placedthe brains in alcohol. Such were his daily occupa-tions, when one night he. thought that ho had taken the action
. Harper's weekly. ft hand in a frosty night, which hadsubsequently grasped Ids right arm. This was areal ghost of the brain, which the awakening of thesenses and the understanding explained. M. Gra-tiolet narrates a dream of his own which is singu-larly illustrative of how tho brain makei ghosts insleep. Many years ago, when occupied in studyingthe organization of the brain, he prepared a greatnumber both of human and animal brains. Hecarefully stripped off tho membranes, and placedthe brains in alcohol. Such were his daily occupa-tions, when one night he. thought that ho had taken the action of the was much re, io -i, did not at all fill np the skull. He felt V Bhuffling about in bis head. This feeling threw bininto such a great perplexity that he awoke with , as if from nightmare. M. Gratiolet, every time he prepared the brailof a man, must have felt that his own brain resenibled it. This impression awakening in a brain iniperfectly asleep, widle neither the senses nor tin. discerning faculties. jcious of a perpetual series ofpictures, sometimes stationary, sometimes Heeling,generally shifting; yet occasionally fixed Sleep is tho period and thoroughly healthy )very little or not at all. 1 brains. Tho brain of a wi i tho blood. Tho p i feeding line ? wakeful fiense*, Iho active judgment, andill eveu of the and ! minds,t always able to control the false uud perverse s. I knew one3 left eyo was sI action in tin- 1 it was impossible to conduce that 1sorts of strange objects with his impossible, he. would quietly sEvery body has knowi A nervous, dreamy, imaginative lad was walkingone day with some comrades among rank place was noted for adders, ond the youths talked about them. Instantly this lad felt
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