The rule of the road / by George M. Gould.

  • Gould, George Milbrey, 1848-1922.
Date:
1908
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Credit: The rule of the road / by George M. Gould. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    [Reprinted from The Popular Science Monthly, Januarj^ 1908.] THE EULE OF THE EOAD By GEORGE M. GOULD, M.D. PHILADELPHIA, PA. rpHE localization through war and barter of the cerebral centers of -L speech and writing (and hence of intellect) of 98 per cent, of tte population in the left half-brain is the cause of right-handedness.^ Ihe mcrease of the necessary differentiation of bodily and mental function by the coordination of associated cerebral centers has resulted m a pneral right-handedness, right-eyedness, etc., the data by vision audition, and for action of the right leg and foot for associated function’ compelling a location of all these centers in the same left-brain and cbsely Imked with the determming faculty of speech and writing With the two per cent, of left-handed, the reverse of all this takes place. The mystery of the origin of right-handedness is thus cleared up. W th this explanation manifest the other concurrent mystery of the le of the road IS of easy solution. Eight-handedness, plus the variant circumstances of civilization, the reaction of the right-handed organ mdmdual encounter, of hand-to-hand conflict. Ev® whL atherv and throwing of spears, javelins, etc., came into use the essential in’ ^rnsHflV'^Tn’ r the lersMt'and drdl cf k ^ ®continued. All military tactics and most minurprtirXr‘-^TndTc“t^ right-handed, down to the weapon weiahs a tZZJ “ ™ ‘he flung thro™ flvTmiles ^ war chariot,fe r„ ‘ ^'®t. After the Troian thei’r place, hut this” to m r“^ cavalry began to take tactics. In Alexander’s time^th ^rolution of right-handed post of honor rMth T the movements were made bv fh ”” ’ mi marches and on the right So ttnalv rfr ; “■“‘'■nder had his station as the lialllevendarv Am! estab islied was right-handedness as early breast excised in order 'that'”h ™“’Amazon had her right the arrow with greater teLtL^aSlJy”' See Popular Science Monthly, August, 1004.