A System of PhrenologyMarsh, Capen and Lyon, 1837 - 664 páginas |
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... possess great sensibility in the tail , and some species of bats possess great sensi- bility in their wings , and in these parts the nerves of sensation are increased in size in proportion to the increased function . Birds require to ...
... possess great sensibility in the tail , and some species of bats possess great sensi- bility in their wings , and in these parts the nerves of sensation are increased in size in proportion to the increased function . Birds require to ...
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... possess great sensibility of taste , the palate is found to be very copiously supplied with nervous filaments . But the organ of sight affords a most interesting example of the influence of size . The office of the eye - ball is to ...
... possess great sensibility of taste , the palate is found to be very copiously supplied with nervous filaments . But the organ of sight affords a most interesting example of the influence of size . The office of the eye - ball is to ...
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... possess so great a mental superiority over those in whom that organ is small , that they conquer and oppress them at pleasure . The Hindoo brain , for example , is considera- bly smaller than the European , and it is well known that a ...
... possess so great a mental superiority over those in whom that organ is small , that they conquer and oppress them at pleasure . The Hindoo brain , for example , is considera- bly smaller than the European , and it is well known that a ...
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... possessing some parts of which animals are destitute , and wanting none which theirs possess . There is here , then , pretty strong evidence and authority for the assertion , that the brain does not form an exception to the general law ...
... possessing some parts of which animals are destitute , and wanting none which theirs possess . There is here , then , pretty strong evidence and authority for the assertion , that the brain does not form an exception to the general law ...
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... possess an index to its natural qualities . I repeat that these re- marks apply only to the case of comparing one brain with another . The same brain has in general the same constitution , and on the principle that size is a measure of ...
... possess an index to its natural qualities . I repeat that these re- marks apply only to the case of comparing one brain with another . The same brain has in general the same constitution , and on the principle that size is a measure of ...
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Acquisitiveness activity appears arises attention beauty Benevolence betwixt brain bust Causality cause Cautiousness cerebellum cerebral character circumstances colors Combativeness combination conceive conception Conscientiousness constitution Constructiveness convolutions deficient degree delight desire Destructiveness directed discover disease disposition distinguished doctrine dura mater Edinburgh Review effect emotion endowment equal excited existence external objects fact faculty feeling female frontal bone frontal sinus functions Gall mentions genius gives gratify hence human Ideality ideas imagine impression individual insanity instance instinctive intellectual largely developed Love of Approbation lower animals manifested manner medulla oblongata ment metaphysicians mind motion natural language nerves ness never observed organ is large parietal bones particular passion perceive perception persons Philoprogenitiveness philosophers philosophy of mind Phrenological Society Phrenology physiologists possess predominates present primitive principle produce propensity proportion qualities reflection regard remarkable Secretiveness Self-Esteem sensation sense skull Spurzheim talent taste tendency Thomas Brown tion Veneration viduals
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