Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-11-22

Cd at the death Of DR.. spurzheim. In Phli,is
Phia this has been particularly the case. IT,.
dteds Of our citizens congratulated thems.l'.,
Tor months on the prospect of listening 70 Il. i
lures, aud OF thus becoming acquainted wS
science that would in some measure im,,,' =
them . knowledge Of their own passions and ~ "
Prnsities. We trust that some one of IN. o, rV
rsus listeners to the lectures Of Dr.. Spurzn.;N.
as delivered In Boston, remembers the sufS,;'"t'
ly to impart some knowledge to the public NJ W.
system he taught. Certain we are that the ma ".
imperfect sketch Of it would at this time B. r.'t
with absorbing interest Phil. Lag. ~"
Doctor Spurzheim. wear 1882 b,, h,..
peculiarly marked by the deaths of an uou.n.'
and disproportionate number Of individual, hail
ing prominent places in the public eve. Go.ha
Cuvirr, Sir James Macintosh, Jeremy Beob,"'
the Mother and Son Of Napoleon, Walter Seat,
and lastly Spurzheim. all have fallen with, d,
twelvemonth. The year will be "a memor ale o,s
on the calendar.
The subject Of this notice. was born al L.,
wick, village near TREvEs,. on the Mo,eIr =,
the slst day Of December, l776 lie puro,S
his studies at the university OF that CITY, with N,
intention Of entering the ministry, but the in,,,
sion of the French 10 1879, threw the whole COM.
try in confusion, and the students Of Treye, w..
dispersed IN all directions. Spurzhcim H,dr
Vienna, where he abandoned all further ,huu,b,,
of the church, aud commenced the study 0! M.
dicine.
At this time, Frances Joseph Gall. was L.,
turing at the Austrian Capital, on subject, he,
little known and less uhderssood-s since 50 e.l,.
brated. as the science Of PhrenOlosy. lbr
lated Of Gall. that he derived the firs Notion Il
his fayorite science, from having OBSERVED he
fact in all different schools in which he had bee,
that boys With prominent eyes. had The most rcc.
dy and powerful memories, and acquired. and r..
iainsd their tasks ,0ifh greater ease than O,hsn
This fact established. he drew frum Il The 10.
lowing inference: il the memory has It's .rtre
| sign, Why not the other faculties alsc: "Fur
that instant, e" he add, " conceived the huen
be able one day to determine the moral and int.
Iectual faculties Of man BY his cerebral OrgMlu
ton"
As Calls lectures were highly popular a,y,
emma, Spurzheim became his auditor, and ali
him, to hear, was to BIZ convinced. An snrhG.
a,tic admirer Of the lecturer, and his doe,nEt,
the pupil soon became his friend and partner
and nov their fame aud their memories are il.
dissoIubl, allied
Ii lsO4-5, Gall and SpurzheIm, ASSOCIATED
together, and commenced tour Tor the purpose
of maturing their researches and perieelins then
system Their excursion occupied more than
Two wears, during which, they visited Berlin,
Copenhagen. Bremen. Hamburger, Amsterdam,
Leyden, Frankfort, Berne. and various Other
principal towns, closing their great con'lnen'
tour at Paris. There we're welcomed b! ts
chic Philosophers, amateurs, and saran'Ol IA
ris, with Cuver at their head. who constant
ly attended their lectures, and bestowed uPA
them marked appreciation and applause.
In 1914. Spurzheim visited England alec.
Gall remaining at Paris. The lltera Of Br. |
tain, had not been unmindful Of the progress
the new science. nor were they ignorant Of il
cons ituent doctrines. The distinguished IeciT
er therefore found himself no stranger TO the o..
dical and philosophical classes OF society
commenced his Efforts by Iecturlog IN Lond'i
publicly dissecting the human BRAIN and d0''
straling it's 6brOus composition. From me a.
tropois he proceeded to the principal tO""h
Euyland, and the Capitals Of ireland and Sol
land, increasing the number Of his dlsc'Pls''m'.
ever he went, although his tavorie science aaaH
votaries were by no means exempt from q"
rent, OF satire and ridicule, which are showers
down SO abundant ly IN England, upon noe'M
Of this SORT.
IN 1915. the Edinburgh Review commence
course Of opposition to Phrrnolosy and rs y
porters. by . severe and able article, 10 S'a'
Messrs Gall and Spurzheim were handled 's
phrase is " without gloves Their seI.an
attainments were denied, their intellectual P'
ers undervalued. their preten'ions rIdleu'e"
themselves stigmatized as ''decrlser', "l0os
.knaves I" II was q short time Afterwards W
Doctor Spurzhrim visited Edmburgh-h o.
pened that he carried but one letter Of lh"Oc'.
ton. and il also 80 happened that this one y.
addressed to the very individual who haa WIZ.
the abusive article in the Reviews a'e''''
transpired. T..
The reviewer, however, who waa H's.,
man, and a lecturer on anatomy, reeeneu
Phrenologist with all due courtesy, ano ''" .s
him to dissect q brain in his own lecturer ,Ws
and in presence Of a numerous audience 8,
the Edinburgh Review in one HAND says" n
plish writer, :. and the brain IN the other "
Spurzhein pro, eeded to show. BY sh' r.'n
structure Of the one, the fsIlaclou' rea'On's
the other" Hundreds of witnesses esH
over to his opinions. although the Ie'Ie'.' =,
manned obstinate in his unbelief sucn
umph, however, was not suffered togo uh'~P !,
ed; it was clear that Scottish CAPITA ""