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Page 142
... brain , but variety in this organ has an infinitely greater sig- nificance . Within the brain there are some 18,000 millions of microscopic living units or nerve cells . These units are grouped in myriads of battalions , and the ...
... brain , but variety in this organ has an infinitely greater sig- nificance . Within the brain there are some 18,000 millions of microscopic living units or nerve cells . These units are grouped in myriads of battalions , and the ...
Page 149
... brain . When it is narcotized , destroyed , or dead , consciousness disappears . Man's brain does not stand as a thing apart ; it is the culmi- nation of an ascending series . There is no part of it and no function manifested by it that ...
... brain . When it is narcotized , destroyed , or dead , consciousness disappears . Man's brain does not stand as a thing apart ; it is the culmi- nation of an ascending series . There is no part of it and no function manifested by it that ...
Page 150
... brain is not a tenement inhabited by a spirit or soul . The " spirit " or " soul " is but a name for the manifestations of the living brain . The leading neurologists of the world are agreed that the same is true of the human brain . It ...
... brain is not a tenement inhabited by a spirit or soul . The " spirit " or " soul " is but a name for the manifestations of the living brain . The leading neurologists of the world are agreed that the same is true of the human brain . It ...
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