A System of PhrenologyMarsh, Capen, and Lyon, 1838 - 664 páginas |
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... regard to it . I may now add , without indelicacy , that it was perhaps the only cerebral organ in which the superiority of developement lay on my side , and that every one understands best the functions of those organs which are ...
... regard to it . I may now add , without indelicacy , that it was perhaps the only cerebral organ in which the superiority of developement lay on my side , and that every one understands best the functions of those organs which are ...
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... regard to all other pursuits , are mere ordinary men , and who , with every effort , can never attain to any thing above mediocrity . 4thly , The phenomena of dreaming are at variance with the sup- position of the mind manifesting all ...
... regard to all other pursuits , are mere ordinary men , and who , with every effort , can never attain to any thing above mediocrity . 4thly , The phenomena of dreaming are at variance with the sup- position of the mind manifesting all ...
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... regard to the bloodvessels and heart , is self - evident to every one who knows that a tube of three inches diameter will transmit more water than a tube of only one inch . And the same may be said in regard to the lungs , liver ...
... regard to the bloodvessels and heart , is self - evident to every one who knows that a tube of three inches diameter will transmit more water than a tube of only one inch . And the same may be said in regard to the lungs , liver ...
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... regard to these nerves , the follow- ing cases may be mentioned , and they are stated on the authority of Desmoulins , a celebrated French physiologist , when no other authority is given . The horse and ox have much greater muscular ...
... regard to these nerves , the follow- ing cases may be mentioned , and they are stated on the authority of Desmoulins , a celebrated French physiologist , when no other authority is given . The horse and ox have much greater muscular ...
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... regard to the external senses , it is proper to observe that every external sense is composed , first , Of an instrument or medium on which the impression is made ; the eye for example ; and , secondly , A nerve to conduct that ...
... regard to the external senses , it is proper to observe that every external sense is composed , first , Of an instrument or medium on which the impression is made ; the eye for example ; and , secondly , A nerve to conduct that ...
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Acquisitiveness activity appears arises attention beauty Benevolence betwixt brain Causality cause Cautiousness cerebellum character circumstances colors Combativeness combination conception Conscientiousness consequence constitution convolutions deficient degree delight desire Destructiveness directed discover discovery disease disposition distinguished doctrine dura mater Edinburgh Review effect emotion endowment equal excited existence external objects fact feeling frontal bone frontal sinus functions Gall mentions gives head hence human Ideality ideas imagine impression individual insane instance instinctive intellectual faculties language largely developed Love of Approbation lower animals manifested manner medulla oblongata ment metaphysicians mind motion muscles nature nerves ness never observed optic nerve organ is large parietal bone particular passion perceive perception persons Philoprogenitiveness philosophers philosophy of mind Phrenological Society Phrenology physiologists possess predominates present primitive principle produces propensity proportion qualities reflection regard remarkable Secretiveness Self-Esteem sensation sense situated skull society Spurzheim supposed talent taste tendency Thomas Brown tion Veneration
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