Encephalology; or, A very brief sketch of dr. Hirnschädel's ologies of the cranion and phren perfected by the rationals |
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... SPURZ- HEIM - HIS OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM ... ........................... CHAP . VII . HE PROCEEDS ON A JOURNEY OF EX- PLORATION - PASSES THROUGH 84 LEIPSIG ARRIVES AT PARIS .... 113 CHAP . VIII . HE ARRIVES INCOGNITO IN LON- DON.
... SPURZ- HEIM - HIS OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM ... ........................... CHAP . VII . HE PROCEEDS ON A JOURNEY OF EX- PLORATION - PASSES THROUGH 84 LEIPSIG ARRIVES AT PARIS .... 113 CHAP . VIII . HE ARRIVES INCOGNITO IN LON- DON.
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... observed something fall in a body , and roll to some distance from the heap . He followed it to ascertain what it might be , when , to his amazement , he saw a human skull , in a state of perfect preser- vation , lying exposed before ...
... observed something fall in a body , and roll to some distance from the heap . He followed it to ascertain what it might be , when , to his amazement , he saw a human skull , in a state of perfect preser- vation , lying exposed before ...
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... observations were made , of which he then but little knew the importance , but which formed and established an habit of dis- cernment wholly unattainable by any who commence their researches in ence- phalology at á later period of life ...
... observations were made , of which he then but little knew the importance , but which formed and established an habit of dis- cernment wholly unattainable by any who commence their researches in ence- phalology at á later period of life ...
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... of the cranion , he could en- feeble or entirely destroy the func- tionary . During these meditations , the exten- sive combination of his genius caused him to make two observations , resulting from the experiment 58 ENCEPHALOLOGY .
... of the cranion , he could en- feeble or entirely destroy the func- tionary . During these meditations , the exten- sive combination of his genius caused him to make two observations , resulting from the experiment 58 ENCEPHALOLOGY .
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Ernst Hirnschädel (pseud.) him to make two observations , resulting from the experiment of the bean . 1. He felt considerable indignation against all those empirics who , without discrimination of causes and circum- stances , regard ...
Ernst Hirnschädel (pseud.) him to make two observations , resulting from the experiment of the bean . 1. He felt considerable indignation against all those empirics who , without discrimination of causes and circum- stances , regard ...
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