Encephalology; or, A very brief sketch of dr. Hirnschädel's ologies of the cranion and phren perfected by the rationals |
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... object , he as certainly struck it through the third vertebra of the neck , as he had hitherto done through the centre of the cranion . Ernst was now upwards of two years old , but with a pro- gress in intelligence and action equal to ...
... object , he as certainly struck it through the third vertebra of the neck , as he had hitherto done through the centre of the cranion . Ernst was now upwards of two years old , but with a pro- gress in intelligence and action equal to ...
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... dinner at noon . The accurate knowledge he had already acquired of the general form and structure of the cranion , enabled him easily to at- tain his object . Being singularly expert for his years 20 . ENCEPHALOLOGY .
... dinner at noon . The accurate knowledge he had already acquired of the general form and structure of the cranion , enabled him easily to at- tain his object . Being singularly expert for his years 20 . ENCEPHALOLOGY .
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Ernst Hirnschädel (pseud.) tain his object . Being singularly expert for his years , and what is called very neat - fingered , and having remarked the natural division of the cranion by the sutures ; he artfully inserted the point of a ...
Ernst Hirnschädel (pseud.) tain his object . Being singularly expert for his years , and what is called very neat - fingered , and having remarked the natural division of the cranion by the sutures ; he artfully inserted the point of a ...
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... objects of his research . And he was the more earnest to follow this pur- suit , from recollecting that his father was accustomed to speak to him , synony- mously , of his gehirn and verstand — his brains and wits ; and that he had ...
... objects of his research . And he was the more earnest to follow this pur- suit , from recollecting that his father was accustomed to speak to him , synony- mously , of his gehirn and verstand — his brains and wits ; and that he had ...
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... objects of his attachment ; but , when he took his last leave , alone , of his little closet ; his intimacy with which had been coeval with the earliest records of his memory , and in the seclusion of which he had passed so many hours ...
... objects of his attachment ; but , when he took his last leave , alone , of his little closet ; his intimacy with which had been coeval with the earliest records of his memory , and in the seclusion of which he had passed so many hours ...
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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.