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 Chemical .indlysis of ths Braia. M. Gourbe, who has been engaged for some time in chemical and physiological exam nation of the brain, has ascerlaned the singular and interesting fact. that its compo- sltIon varies in remarkable degree accor- ding to its different states ot health or dis ease. The element, which occurs in diff. ferent quantities, sphospho,,ts, of which he reports that the brain ill its moral state con- taias from ? te l-2 per cent, whils shs brains Of idiots but to l-2 and those of madmen, }, 4, or even 1-2. Thus" says M. Courbe, in conclusien, " it would follow. that he absence of phosphorus from the brain would reduce man to the sac state of brute, that q great excess of this substance woulfirritatc the nervous system. exalt the individual and drive him into that furious excitement which We call madness l or mental alieiiation; and, finally, that mean propotion re-estabIishes the equiihri- um, gives birth 10 the most sublime thoughts. and produces that admirable harmony which, in fact, IS He soul of the spiritualist.

 ~. Y. Slar.