But if the brain had not received this information because the nerves were not functioning properly, we would have been unaware of the splinter until the body, in trying to expel it, had caused the area to fester.
しかし神経が正常な機能を果たしていないために脳がこの情報を受けとらなかったとしたら、肉体が異分子を追放しようとしてそのあたりを化膿させるまでは、本人は破片の存在に気づかないかもしれません。