Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/1292/en

We procure cow horns — bull horns are unsuitable for this purpose — as far as possible from one's own herd, and pack the dung into their cavity. The cow horn is a formation polar to cow manure. It sits upon the head, the nerve-sense pole of the animal, and is a highly compacted skin-formation that has congealed into pure form. The horn sheathes a bony core that grows laterally out of the frontal bone and communicates through its air-filled cavity with the frontal sinus. The bony core is traversed by a fine network of blood vessels that supplies the dermis and the epidermis — responsible for horn growth — with blood. Through this strong blood supply the horn feels remarkably warm. In the horn thus pulsing with life, the four physical elements of the solid, the liquid, the airy and the warmth concentrate into a kind of sense organ that opens not outward but inward; it is an organ of reflux and concentration (figure 22, p. 346).