Encephalology; or, A very brief sketch of dr. Hirnschädel's ologies of the cranion and phren perfected by the rationals |
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... PRACTICE - HIS HEJIRA .......... 67 DIS- HE RETURNS TO SAXONY PLAYS HIS PRACTICE - PREPARES TO DELIVER HIS LECTURES - BE- COMES FIRST ACQUAINTED WITH THE WORKS OF GALL AND SPURZ- HEIM - HIS OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM ...
... PRACTICE - HIS HEJIRA .......... 67 DIS- HE RETURNS TO SAXONY PLAYS HIS PRACTICE - PREPARES TO DELIVER HIS LECTURES - BE- COMES FIRST ACQUAINTED WITH THE WORKS OF GALL AND SPURZ- HEIM - HIS OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM ...
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... practice had continued through a great variation of weather , his parents consulted together again what course they should pursue ; and , as his health did not alter , and his tranquillity increased under the exposure which he so ...
... practice had continued through a great variation of weather , his parents consulted together again what course they should pursue ; and , as his health did not alter , and his tranquillity increased under the exposure which he so ...
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... practice . He had now to engage in the arduous task of disco- vering the means of enlarging or reducing , as the case might require , the nidi of the cranion in which the several functionary parts of the brain exercise their energies ...
... practice . He had now to engage in the arduous task of disco- vering the means of enlarging or reducing , as the case might require , the nidi of the cranion in which the several functionary parts of the brain exercise their energies ...
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... practice tending to check and frustrate the natural germination of one or more of its organs , and thus blindly to render abortive " Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; " Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd , " Or ...
... practice tending to check and frustrate the natural germination of one or more of its organs , and thus blindly to render abortive " Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; " Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd , " Or ...
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... . Such fortunate circumstances , how- ever , never or rarely occur , and cannot , therefore , be embraced in a system of practice . And he consoled himself with the reflection , that , after all , the great ENCEPHALOLOGY . 61.
... . Such fortunate circumstances , how- ever , never or rarely occur , and cannot , therefore , be embraced in a system of practice . And he consoled himself with the reflection , that , after all , the great ENCEPHALOLOGY . 61.
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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.