Encephalology; or, A very brief sketch of dr. Hirnschädel's ologies of the cranion and phren perfected by the rationals |
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... reduction of the hand , she saved herself and the world from a loss incalculable and irreparable . Guided by the rule of this unlooked - for success , half of the brains were gradually administered , and swallowed ; joy and animation ...
... reduction of the hand , she saved herself and the world from a loss incalculable and irreparable . Guided by the rule of this unlooked - for success , half of the brains were gradually administered , and swallowed ; joy and animation ...
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... reduction of size must equally check and repress the action of each power . And therefore , 11. That the great objects of Encepha- lology are , 1 , to ascertain the seats and nidi of the functionary powers of the encephalus ; and 2 , to ...
... reduction of size must equally check and repress the action of each power . And therefore , 11. That the great objects of Encepha- lology are , 1 , to ascertain the seats and nidi of the functionary powers of the encephalus ; and 2 , to ...
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... reducing his principles into bene- ficial and efficient 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 ...
... reducing his principles into bene- ficial and efficient 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 ...
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... reduction of the nidus could be produced ; and con- sequently , no effect could be extended to the organ beneath , and encephalology must be frustrated of all its beneficent results . To clear his ideas upon this point , he resorted to ...
... reduction of the nidus could be produced ; and con- sequently , no effect could be extended to the organ beneath , and encephalology must be frustrated of all its beneficent results . To clear his ideas upon this point , he resorted to ...
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... reducing and educing a nidus in the ordinary obduracy of the cranion , though the end might be more rapidly attained by the natural process , it would not be more effectually secured than by an artificial one demand- ing time and ...
... reducing and educing a nidus in the ordinary obduracy of the cranion , though the end might be more rapidly attained by the natural process , it would not be more effectually secured than by an artificial one demand- ing time and ...
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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.
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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.