Chapter 29—The Brain and the Nervous System
The Physiology of the Nervous System
819. Each faculty of the mind and each muscle has its distinctive
office, and all require to be exercised in order to become properly
developed and retain healthful vigor.—
Testimonies for the Church
3:77
.
820. Every organ of the body was made to be servant of the
mind.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:136
.
821. The brain is the capital of the body, the seat of all the nervous
forces and of mental action. The nerves proceeding from the brain
control the body. By the brain nerves, mental impressions are conveyed
to all the nerves of the body as by telegraph wires; and they control
the vital action of every part of the system. All the organs of motion
are governed by the communications they receive from the brain.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:69
.
822. The senses ... are the avenues to the soul.—
Testimonies for
the Church 3:507
.
823. The brain nerves which communicate with the entire system
are the only medium through which Heaven can communicate with
man, and affect his inmost life. Whatever disturbs the circulation of
the electric currents in the nervous system, lessens the strength of the
vital powers, and the result is a deadening of the sensibilities of the
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mind.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:347
.
824. Any part of the body that is not treated with consideration
will telegraph its injury to the brain.—
Christian Education, 125
.
825. The nervous system, having been unduly excited, bor-
rowed power for present use from its future resources of strength.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:487
.
826. Anything that hinders the active motion of the living ma-
chinery, affects the brain very directly.—
Testimonies for the Church
2:370
.
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