Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-11-20
DIR. SpURTZIIEIM.

The follow ing is from the Boston Atlas:-
This distinguished individual, whose fame il
spread over all Europe aud An.crica expired il,
this city, about ! | O'Clock Saturday evening
November lO;h.
lie arrived, as nearly can rccollect at
Now York, in the month of September, and soon
after repaired to Boston, where ho commenced an
interesting course Of lectures on Phrenoloyy w hch
were not completed when ndspoSition ebli, ed him,
worry reluctantly, to keep his room. For about
eighteen days, tie has been gradually .inkiny-and
though he not thought by physicians to bc in
dan .erous condition nj first, the symptoms 6ualiy
bee me deeply alarming and US predicted by the
profession, have carried great man prematuroly
10 the grave
DIR Spurzhcn was Il profound thinhcr-and an
| unconuionly careful observer Phrenoiogy WAS
tho pursuit of his lifc; hut in teaching and defend
ing e new science, he rendered Anatomy and Ply
siology much aid, and has given them such impulse,
that his memory entitled to the highest respect,
on that account alone.
DIR. Spurzhcim the pupil and friend of the
celebrated Gall, the who originated doctrine
never known before he announced ii TO the world.
Spurzhcim above all men, was the individual 10 sus
tain the system which his great master had pro
mugatcd. On the death OF Gall, tho mantle fell
on DIR. Spurzhein,, Tho has entirely devoted the
mastery powers of ms active mind, to the dissent
nation of chronological doctrines in Germany,
France, England, ireland, Scotland and lastly iii
Americas,
Dr. Glspard Z Spurzheim, the subject of this
short notice, was born Treves, i'll l776--and
received medical education at Vienna, where he
first DIR. Gall, 10 whom, as well as plrcnology
ho became d,votcdly attached. To ether they
need the study of the brais and ado dis
coperics, which, though snccrcd at by ignorant
pretenders fast ovcrturniug tho old notions of
the anatomists the subject of its organization.
To tho medical gentlemen of Boston, his demon
strations OF the brain highly satisfactory, and
will long be remembered.
As an author he has boen certainly INDUSTRIOUS
la cenlUS ctOn with DIR. Gall, he published the
suit ot their inquiries into the Anatomy and Phi
siology OF the nervous system An inquiry into the
nervous system III general, and that of the Brain in
partic.lsTS Physiognomical system of Drs. Gall
and Sfst,rihelm; an examination Of the objections
urged iii England against the doctrines of Call and
Spurzheim; Observations on RoRtal arrangement,
and several other lesser works, besides prcparipa
valuable manuscripts, ready 10. the press.
As a lecturer, no had nc egual--beng most per-
tectly al home before his numerous hearers Though
u German, he spoke the English language with Pc
cuhar huency and correctness,--hcing both choice
OF words ane happy in expressing his ideas. In
one instance did he ever bring note or manuscript
IN sight. His manner to pursue n stric tly
metlro'hcal courSe-and such the astonishing
variety OF learning hr uglt to trc illustration oftho
immediate subject of discourse, that the audancc
was always beth instructed and delighted
In stature he was about six feet high, of large
iraihe' ana muscular. His countcnance was open
and generous; and honesty and bencvoence wero
certainly discoverable an his face He had been
married., butwc have not been Informed whether
his wife is living not. 4 sister, the only rcla-
tive of whom mcniion has been made, ROW resides
at Paris,
DIR. Spurheim's head is one of the finest that
could possibly be selected to sustain the doctrine
TO which he devoted his hole life. The body was
removed Yesterday to the Medical College, where
the post mortem examination will be made before
the Faculty of the city. Casts, we understand
wiIi be made of the Uranium, face, and BRAIN and
afterwards the body viii be enbaimed, aud depo.
s''rd at Mosnt Aubun, to be given to his friends
III Europe should they request its removal.
thus, at The age of so years, las gone to the
grave, man whose active powers Of raui, whose
writings, aud whose devotrdncss to science, will
carry his "anlc with respect to future generations