Physiology Has, At Last, Gained Control Over

In The Dog Two Conditions Were Found To Produce Pathological Disturbances By Functional Interference, Namely, An Unusually Acute Clashing Of The Excitatory And Inhibitory Processes, And The Influence Of Strong And Extraordinary Stimuli. In Man Precisely Similar Conditions Constitute The Usual Causes Of Nervous And Psychic Disturbances. Different Conditions Productive Of Extreme Excitation, Such As Intense Grief Or Bitter Insults, Often Lead, When The Natural Reactions Are Inhibited By The Necessary Restraint, To Profound And Prolonged Loss Of Balance In Nervous And Psychic Activity.

When The Dog Is Repeatedly Teased With The Sight Of Objects Inducing Salivary Secretion From A Distance, The Reaction Of The Salivary Glands Grows Weaker And Weaker And Finally Drops To Zero.

If We Could Look Through The Skull Into The Brain Of A Consciously Thinking Person, And If The Place Of Optimal Excitability Were Luminous, Then We Should See Playing Over The Cerebral Surface, A Bright Spot With Fantastic, Waving Borders Constantly Fluctuating In Size And Form, Surrounded By A Darkness More Or Less Deep, Covering The Rest Of The Hemisphere.

While You Are Experimenting, Do Not Remain Content With The Surface Of Things.

Our Success Was Mainly Due To The Fact That We Stimulated The Nerves Of Animals That Easily Stood On Their Own Feet And Were Not Subjected To Any Painful Stimulus Either During Or Immediately Before Stimulation Of Their Nerves.