The Story of Your Brains and Nerves Author:Edith Lucie Weart If you Close you eyes and someone hands you a safety pin you know what it is. If somehow touches your left thumb, you know your thumb is being touched and not your toe. These things, and many more, are possible because of a marvelous system in your body- the nervous system. Perhaps you will be surprised to learn how important the nervous syst... more »em is to the life you live. Your remmeber what you did last summer; you decide to turn on a television set; you feel hot or cold- all because of your nervous system.« less