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London, England, 1815-01-11 00:00:00

CRANIOLOGY, NN.IL
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THE NEWLY DISCOVHENNI*NATOMT AND PHYSIOLOGY
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BY psi. tali Stith
There are two ftiedinientararrors into w hapeeple
Sowed with diffeitief Irropottions of certain.mental
:ulties commonly fill, whenever they consider any
doettine—ilst, that of believing. ft before they
ye examined' the etidenen; and. egendly, *that of
ndemning it anterior to-investigation: These two
ices of mind are equally iejorions to the advance.
znt of science : they are opposed to each other, but
-e equally hurtful to the progress of truth—just as
.e rage for novelty,- a* well at the outcry airtime in-
;ration; are bcith prejudicial to real impicermient.
ew dicatteries too suffer from a variety of other/ s.+
,ns—thiljeektay of the selfish and ctivetona,o4
- theireematemporuies the merit of
iltiwhoa
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bittr prigttorant persons, 4ksi;
eakehief will arise to their favassitowitirk
teat roars of imbeatirM44lol.ll*** •
,hich pervades mankind, are stumbling/440.n the
ath aticience, which notbiog itt:4004414m11,
ermines:se' e overcome. inert.* 104710011
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prejudice againt,44crece. mtliffiwitat there have'
• ern such a aaSei#loWallsalkOAßAKii;4o,4
one to tip P4llial,llllbliriblvtidlteefoftei
y pretends= to pidiesephy,Ahnf
-sitting luyibing tie* Mei: he iietitral end
reges-
ary consequent Me. "P JegtekArtly otseramxt power.
ally onmYsettvitio Afst:t 1.4.044 the craniological
iscoverien sf 0021,4nd Seibrelielos : but I was dater.
;mined to ixtvestiglie he myself the feel whereon the
-ley and rad* wii4Ot entertained by table SHOW
mists were fouided. • During my steals of camp•
ative anatomy* and ;)while disteeth's different ani.
nals when a boy. .I pis much struck with the gene.'
forms of the crania of animak and have often
felt surprised that among the many boasted comp-
:give anatomists whose Volumes fill our shelves, none
, _
lad mad *ogitihf relnOtif.:betoreen thebrain sad the
Jouster •-44 • they described • minutely
=nib the number of-tertabsts--they named with
nrecisinnxbufhotsee4f.limbs.thar measured the in-
es scented c ted ali-
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qilationsen. Afte rings of the ca.
.erpillae. mad Csislapandat y but no
netts* name, stimitchea Into the meet important
of organs. altendiog• 'these investiga.
:ions of the brain, the laziness of the individuals, and,
ahem all, that etimptie plan of yielding so'nuiho-
fity, whereby peopluessau-eoaluire into that which
some great: itheselYilpintniWy leanest ispattnin)
beinisibis.nsganald not find ft. atrthe
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reasons vibezlir meat bad: net bens
more succ before the present dap.
ifkir f/ONlaaqt-.Mrai ill'if#ll.olc I
inaegrmiled. Awe nnr lanai of ipaftg
a*ate.ly *.:,1#033i itS4 -naves. Constant preset-,
timene, howerir,- that in them :racial be found the
material Akipciples of our actions and 'character,; pre-
paid_ sigilutif :ikre, 'for the reception of the into-
reitinifAptsdßhialieatie in a loose sort of form i.e.**
Gera*** Arl'eral- years
:egos ' I had always. cosi-
dcred too, thikehe nature dm. was never properly
studied, and: that .e beat of. prejudices had deterred
pluloiophers from the task. , There were severil other
facts which occurred to me, by which I antici-
pated, something like what Dr. Gall afterwards pro-
mulgated. These subjects became additiOnally inte-
rmung frum a curious observation I had made,
namely, ,that the exercise of particular faculties vio-
lently and continuedly produced sensations on parti-
cular parts of my head. I remember too, when a
boy, that I always referred imagination or ideality
to my temples ; and this probably because I then felt
same sort of sensation in that region which has since
bnn discovered to be the seat of the organ of ideality.
The violent action into which any organ may be tail-
ed, frequently produces. I am persuaded, a sensa-
tion in the part, as Dr. Spursheina has recently de-
monstrated in his lectats owthe physiognentical .ex-
pression of the orgy* of the MOW. From these cir-
cumstances, and Fran weer curious facts I noticed in
diseases, I was thee jest_ ni a Mate to be interested
by the diweveties-ef Gekis 'nod .1 can say, that the
meeting with kinbuires4 rolleatue in London, and
hearing so many of m owe crude notions studied in
tie truly • melltirolifte tower in.which
they were treated, on imipuselosim, esastkuted by
far she WNWst period oty- fife fluid. scarcely
bill* tiro iltylittgotietaef the anatomical 'spit otthek
eftbesystem,when I steel Ali I have hitherto lolosio
100001111 leibrAPeiti end nerves is seem ehiters
ran Andshoilsosegirsalmis et k gken in °lintel**
is merely dw on a blank in the stimear, And Ie •
Vaitifie es eft talk, ..of Inquiry l When tke
molar" el Gelidior by that same the mien for-
mally went. was Inetberaght tQ F,nglensh Many ob.,
*tient arose Wort lead k, which were the
caaleclFPc• of set sprint Prfaetioa and absur-
dity arising from the imperfect manner of treating of
the system in its isilawey, and from the slimly of
language. As many of these parthular *POMO
allude to probably :dose in the minds of, .and On;
elw-tate on other perms, I shall state them •frosni
time to time in future numbers, and show that se
'mlimed way of regarding this theory by Dr. Spurs.
Vim, is not Edge to rnitet objections; hoping thereby ,
t° Relate the sninsh.4.tooPle for the recepti9n of
these novel domes* of the truth of which, continued
investigation, and the forte of absolute evidence has
convinced me. As to the deMaystrative or descrip-
tive past of it, localiti4:2l:essierts. this of
cotsleave-to Dr. to demonstrate in
his own publications. or while ! rejoice that in this
wilderness of ignorance and etror doe thirst after truth
• has been at length excited, yet if-le better that those '
*he have opportunity should quesmitie at she spring-
head of knowledge, then at any of the meandering
ureamlets which` now flow from ft in 'A &Actions'
around, utitmbne the plats ',hitt he in tOtsgrelatadis;
'ance frval the miaimiliotasai* , Mnifit *.ft.l si ens