Encephalology; or, A very brief sketch of dr. Hirnschädel's ologies of the cranion and phren perfected by the rationals |
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... called after his maternal grandfather , was born eleven months after their marriage . As it is my intention to exclude no details , however apparently trifling , from a biography whose interest will be found to commence almost with ...
... called after his maternal grandfather , was born eleven months after their marriage . As it is my intention to exclude no details , however apparently trifling , from a biography whose interest will be found to commence almost with ...
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... called ) by hand ; and , for the first three months of his life , he was reared with a pap made of milk and wheaten bread , which he swallowed , but without ever testifying any satisfaction at the meal . Late in the day of their return ...
... called ) by hand ; and , for the first three months of his life , he was reared with a pap made of milk and wheaten bread , which he swallowed , but without ever testifying any satisfaction at the meal . Late in the day of their return ...
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... called into action , they were habitually journeying over the convexity , until there was not a promi- nence or an indenture , however minute , with which he was not intimately fami- liarized ; and this , long before he was of an age to ...
... called into action , they were habitually journeying over the convexity , until there was not a promi- nence or an indenture , however minute , with which he was not intimately fami- liarized ; and this , long before he was of an age to ...
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... called upon to kiss them , would select some part of their bodies as remote as possible from the head . He shuddered at the necessity of occasionally sleeping with them ; and then only would ask for a cap . Не dreaded , lest in the ...
... called upon to kiss them , would select some part of their bodies as remote as possible from the head . He shuddered at the necessity of occasionally sleeping with them ; and then only would ask for a cap . Не dreaded , lest in the ...
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... called very neat - fingered , and having remarked the natural division of the cranion by the sutures ; he artfully inserted the point of a sharp - hooked nail - knife , following the line of the sutures , with more or less force ...
... called very neat - fingered , and having remarked the natural division of the cranion by the sutures ; he artfully inserted the point of a sharp - hooked nail - knife , following the line of the sutures , with more or less force ...
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Page 140 - A strange fish ! Were I in England now, (as once I was,) and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver : there would this monster make a man ; any strange beast there makes a man...
Page 140 - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 70 - Nil admirari prope res est una, Numici, solaque quae possit facere et servare beatum.
Page 61 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre.
Page 104 - ... induction are the following : 1st, That the brain is the material instrument, by means of which the mind carries on intercourse with the external world. 2d, That the brain is an aggregate of parts, each of which has a special and determinate function. 3d, That the form of the brain can be ascertained by inspecting the cranium ; and that the functions of the several parts may be determined by comparing their size with the power of manifesting the mental Faculties.