A System of Phrenology, Volume 1W.H. Colyer, 1843 - 491 páginas |
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... whole of them shall have been discovered , and the primitive or elementary faculties shall have been ascertain- ed . Any order , therefore , adopted in the meantime , must be to some extent arbitrary . Dr. Spurzheim has shown this to be ...
... whole of them shall have been discovered , and the primitive or elementary faculties shall have been ascertain- ed . Any order , therefore , adopted in the meantime , must be to some extent arbitrary . Dr. Spurzheim has shown this to be ...
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... whole act appears to him to be purely mental , and only the arm , or thing moved , is conceived to be corporeal . Nevertheless , it is positively esta- blished by anatomical and physiological researches that this conclusion is erroneous ...
... whole act appears to him to be purely mental , and only the arm , or thing moved , is conceived to be corporeal . Nevertheless , it is positively esta- blished by anatomical and physiological researches that this conclusion is erroneous ...
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... whole brain as one organ , or whether separate mental faculties are connected with distinct portions of the brain as their respective or- gans ? The following considerations may enable us to solve this question : 1st , In all ...
... whole brain as one organ , or whether separate mental faculties are connected with distinct portions of the brain as their respective or- gans ? The following considerations may enable us to solve this question : 1st , In all ...
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... be manifested with equal success when a great part of the brain is injured or destroyed , as when its whole structure is sound and entire . If the fact were really as here stated , the 38 PLURALITY OF FACULTIES AND ORGANS .
... be manifested with equal success when a great part of the brain is injured or destroyed , as when its whole structure is sound and entire . If the fact were really as here stated , the 38 PLURALITY OF FACULTIES AND ORGANS .
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... whole brain being the single organ of the mind , I cannot err much in say- ing , that the latter notion , far from being self - evident , appears so impro- bable as to require even stronger facts to prove it than the opposite view ; and ...
... whole brain being the single organ of the mind , I cannot err much in say- ing , that the latter notion , far from being self - evident , appears so impro- bable as to require even stronger facts to prove it than the opposite view ; and ...
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