The origin and nature of the emotions; miscellaneous papers . 2 2 = ^ £ .3 X;. BRAIN-CELLS AND BRAIN TUNCTIONS 119 nin. In the postmortem examination of one advanced caseit was found that a large number of brain-cells were disinte-grated beyond the power of recuperation, even had thepatient lived. This is undoubtedly the reason why a severecase of exophthalmic goiter sustains a permanent loss ofbrain power. Insomnia.—The brains of rabbits wdiich had been keptawake for one hundred hours showed precisely the samechanges as those shown in physical fatigue, strychnin poison-ing, and exhaustion fro
The origin and nature of the emotions; miscellaneous papers . 2 2 = ^ £ .3 X;. BRAIN-CELLS AND BRAIN TUNCTIONS 119 nin. In the postmortem examination of one advanced caseit was found that a large number of brain-cells were disinte-grated beyond the power of recuperation, even had thepatient lived. This is undoubtedly the reason why a severecase of exophthalmic goiter sustains a permanent loss ofbrain power. Insomnia.—The brains of rabbits wdiich had been keptawake for one hundred hours showed precisely the samechanges as those shown in physical fatigue, strychnin poison-ing, and exhaustion from emotional stimulation. Eighthours of continuous sleep restored all the cells except thosethat had been completely exhausted. This will explain thepermanent ill effect of long-continued insomnia; that is,long-continued insomnia permanently destroys a part ofthe brain-cells just as do too great physical exertion, certaindrugs, emotional strain, exophthalmic goiter, and found, however, that if, instead of natural sleep, therabbits were placed for the same num
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