Encephalology; or, A very brief sketch of dr. Hirnschädel's ologies of the cranion and phren perfected by the rationals |
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... coverings in the night , whilst his mother or his nurse was asleep ; and he himself was always found asleep in the morning , with all the native nudity of his head . As it was not known how many hours of the ENCEPHALOLOGY . 13.
... coverings in the night , whilst his mother or his nurse was asleep ; and he himself was always found asleep in the morning , with all the native nudity of his head . As it was not known how many hours of the ENCEPHALOLOGY . 13.
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... Whilst inspecting these , his fingers would travel to the correspond- ing parts of his own head ; and , sitting before a looking - glass , he would compare his own cranion with the subject before him , at the same time directing another ...
... Whilst inspecting these , his fingers would travel to the correspond- ing parts of his own head ; and , sitting before a looking - glass , he would compare his own cranion with the subject before him , at the same time directing another ...
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... Whilst exercised in these investiga- tions , and contemplating his head in the looking - glass , it suddenly occurred to him ; that , although he was so fortunate as to be able to view it without the ob- structions which concealed those ...
... Whilst exercised in these investiga- tions , and contemplating his head in the looking - glass , it suddenly occurred to him ; that , although he was so fortunate as to be able to view it without the ob- structions which concealed those ...
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... Whilst prosecuting this unusual course of literature , he was forcibly struck with two oracular passages which presented themselves in the Latin translations of Plato and Demosthenes ; in which passages he conceived the trans- lators ...
... Whilst prosecuting this unusual course of literature , he was forcibly struck with two oracular passages which presented themselves in the Latin translations of Plato and Demosthenes ; in which passages he conceived the trans- lators ...
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... Whilst meditating on this ar- duous point , he would often strike his forehead ; and , rising from his seat , and pacing his chamber , would exclaim to himself with strong emotion " hic lu- bor ! -hoc opus ! " At length , one day , it ...
... Whilst meditating on this ar- duous point , he would often strike his forehead ; and , rising from his seat , and pacing his chamber , would exclaim to himself with strong emotion " hic lu- bor ! -hoc opus ! " At length , one day , it ...
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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.