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Eminent Surgeon’s BeliefBrain Not • Dual OrganLONDON. May 9.''Scientist* and medical men Agree I that there la no evidence to support the j assumption that the spirit survives after 1 tho brain has ceacd to function. said Sir Arthur Keith, the well-known aur-geoo. in a lecture at the Manchester University to-day. If wo withhold the supply of oxygen or fuel the brain erases to function. Medical men can find no grounds for believing that the brain 1b a dual organ—a compound substance and a spirit. Every fact known to them compels the Inferenco that the mind, the spirit, and the soul are manifestations living In the braiu. Just as thu : flame Is the manifest spirit of the burn-in? candle. Both flame and spirit cease lo have a separate existence the moment of extinction.
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Hobart Mercury
Hobart, Tasmania, AU
Fri, May 11, 1928
Page 14
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