The Relation of Science and Religion.pdf - Online Christian Library

228 SCIENCE AND RELIGION.the spinal system, and formed in eight distinctbodies, the two in front and the two in rearbeing elongated and known as pyramids, thosein the centre being rounded in figure. Fromthe elongated bodies, the nerve fibres passacross to the opposite sides of the body.This gathering is known as the nzedulla obbngata.Just beneath comes the spinal canal,from which at the different joints of the spineare given out a suitable supply of sensory andmotor nerves as previously described.Having thus given a general account of thecentral arrangements of the nerve system ofthe human body, it is important to state thatan order of things closely analogous obtainsin other and lower orders of organism, in respectof interior plan, so that if the interiorof the brain of the dog were laid open to viewit would present a plan of distribution verysimilar to that now described.To complete the view of the functions ofthe brain as indicated by recent research, Ihave next to give a brief account of an extendedcourse of experiments of great delicacydesigned to ascertain whether it may bepossible to localize certain functions within adefinite area of the brain. All are familiar