The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-10-08
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arguments are not produced todisproy
phreno-developmen for 1 believe Il I
be true, that bumps on the head a.
just as significant as bumps on iii
face, and vice versa; because / Be-
lIeye neither 10 be aetuated selely. Il,
the matter called brain. tt ii ttu,
{. that the senses of seeing, hearing, fast
ing and smelling, take their powers d
senslbility through the head. But al.
\ though this may Be the case, can an,
h one positively affirm that tie brain |,
\ the prime originator OH their move.
1 nlents? \ \. IA
he sense of touch, for example, II
Just az sensitive as my of tic Other
seisses e Ieel ii just as keenIy, when
I'VE come N contact with any object shy
our hands and feet, us when bg
hearing Of seeing. How aeute must
be the feeling of d person born blind,
when taught ID read BY running his
fingers ever the impressions of raised
letters on paper With seemingly as
much ease as q person can read by the
sight Of tho eyei A.
liayater and many other physiolo-
gists drew their deductions from tho
figure and expression Of the connte-
nance, and hardly ever mentioned the
contour oil tho head, except in case DC
Eidiocy. In fact, they never dreamed
fthe cellssof the cerebeI, nor DC tho
rooms and workshop DC our spiritual
operations being confined alone to the
head. n 55.
That al the varied names Of bumps
on the skull have. d place In the consti-
tuition Of man, no one Will deny; neither
can it be dispensed with, that they are.
significant and demonstratiYe Of ccr-
tain kinds Of character; but to Say,
that we can fully determine what al
person presently is, by the bumps on
his head IS rather doubtful subject.
Ftnns. not rise ii ,4-a fla do.
geiopments are now active, which
were ut a former period In u torpid
state, there can be no positive decision,
else there IS no such o thing as re-
pe1ltance and reformation.
I'm taking up the second part of this.
subject, viz, that the spirit in man has
not its scat or residence IN the brain,
more than in any other part Of the
body, / shall Investigate with as much
perspiiellity as possible. Tho. first rea-
son / shall advance lis, the fact that
the outward developments, Or bumps.
have no similar cavity In the interior,
at least most Of them: again, when
disease and surgical operations have
L in oonsequencesof accident J physically
affected tile Developments, yet the
patient has retained the intellectual
and moral power and sentiment as
formerly. =: a. Z: i: e r s: > z fs
: The same result has. been proven in
ease OF the amputation of q leg or an
arm, where the actual feeling or sem
sation was felt in the fingers and toes
long after they were discovered from
the body. Ii may be said that this
was in consequence of the nerves, and
that the nerves having their direction
from the brain, retain their sensation.
This I admit; but this Is only adding
to the proof, that il our reflection from
sensation remain with the nerves in,
connection with every other part of the
body, as it is constituted, it will then
follow that the spirit sin every part Of
the human frame through the agency
of the nerves, assweA as in the brain.
F I shall now review the saeuteness Of
the hands and feet in the performance.
of art, manufacture, and trades. For
example, the composition who sets up
type for the printing press, has not
only to remember the photography Of
each word [ which is in some manuscripts
very imperfect but also the punctla-
ton and all the different cases where the
types are kept; yetwhen he is expert at
his business, he can converse at the
same time on other subjects, and per-
form his labor when setting up, as il
his. fingers retained all the considera-:
ton necessary to complete his seeming.
ly Intellectual task. So is it with
many writer's and copyists. E.........
In. working certain kinds Of cloth,
the feet of the weaver have often to
thread their way among number of
treadles which are entirely hidden
from his sight; yet, after having his
feet trained to work out the pattern, he