Encephalology; or, A very brief sketch of dr. Hirnschädel's ologies of the cranion and phren perfected by the rationals |
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... readers , on being at length put into possession of the only article that remained , to render quite complete the En- cyclopædias of Edinburgh and Dr. Rees . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. BIRTH AND INFANCY OF ERNST vi PREFACE .
... readers , on being at length put into possession of the only article that remained , to render quite complete the En- cyclopædias of Edinburgh and Dr. Rees . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. BIRTH AND INFANCY OF ERNST vi PREFACE .
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... length unequivocally pointed out the food which was alone congenial either to the taste or the digestion of this extraordinary child . The mother , whose foresight had prompted her to reserve the remainder of the brains , now caused ...
... length unequivocally pointed out the food which was alone congenial either to the taste or the digestion of this extraordinary child . The mother , whose foresight had prompted her to reserve the remainder of the brains , now caused ...
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... length , one day , it suddenly flashed into his recollection , that when he was a boy he frequently amused himself with putting a piece of lighted paper into a wine - glass , and im- mediately closing the orifice with the broad palm of ...
... length , one day , it suddenly flashed into his recollection , that when he was a boy he frequently amused himself with putting a piece of lighted paper into a wine - glass , and im- mediately closing the orifice with the broad palm of ...
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... length , after various skilful experiments , he completely succeeded in ascertaining the precise de- gree of force which was sufficient for just soliciting a flexible upward tendency of the fibrous substance of the living cranion ...
... length , after various skilful experiments , he completely succeeded in ascertaining the precise de- gree of force which was sufficient for just soliciting a flexible upward tendency of the fibrous substance of the living cranion ...
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... length , ac- quired the development which Dr. Hirn- schädel's internal indications pointed out to him to be sufficient , the air - pump was discontinued . The enlarged nidus was well soaked , several times in the day , with pledgets ...
... length , ac- quired the development which Dr. Hirn- schädel's internal indications pointed out to him to be sufficient , the air - pump was discontinued . The enlarged nidus was well soaked , several times in the day , with pledgets ...
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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.