, 1874-07-11
LITERATURE.
Dr. mnuds1oy on Esnily ANA Mind. ono
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BODY AND MIND: AN 1xQv1nr INTO Tnxta Cor
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sEx IN MIND AND EDUCATION. by HEM.
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Tho volume entitled Body md Mind docs
not comprise q continuous aud comrlelo work
upon tho subject indicated, but collection OF
lectures mil casays, which, undor eepar-
ate heads, benr a. moro or less ncar
relation to 1t. Three connecting leo
tnres, Witch opon tho series, woro etlvorotl bo.
fofo tho Royal College Of pllyBoians Of Lon
don, In tho year 1870. Tho first of those te
devoted to gonoral eurvey Of tho physiology
or mlnd,-to an exposition Of tho physical
conditions of mental function in hoaltl. Tho
Wrltor confcBseB that We do not, ntid rorlians
mover sha!l, know wllat mind H. but fnsiHts TINT
the laws Of It's functions must DO Investigated In
soionti1o spirit -that H. by throwing aside all
pteconoetvod ndtions. nnd accepting unl,sstat-
fngly tho Testimony which is ylctcd by oxnct OBJ
acrvatfon. Tho study Of tho mind should begin
with M inquiry iuto lts llumbeBt bodily mani
featations. A close md protractod examination
of thcsc loads to tho conclusion that 1uany ac-
tlona which havo tho aomblanco of de-
sign ,aro unconscious and automatic, and
arc performed by tho AGENCY Of tho spinal
cord and Of tho sonsory ganglia aud their
connected motor nuclei. For example, tho fac
ulty Of memory is not peculiar to mind, but Ia In
dfspansable to tho formation and exercise Of tho
functions Of tho lower norvo ccntres. In every
hnt .,,ora Is x,o,,,or,, l.. o.a.,, ~,
.u11o 10 e'nois ~ es''S ois"h'o oien'en' Ut
'ne oo"y' hlehfor5 III LUG organization or e1-
perfenec' anu thoro is reason to SUPPOSE TINT tho
tha bro,n a. in tia ccntroa NJ sara.t t;o,, nd ro
Ha so..a =, na,,.,e vss' =; aeusAs'on anu ~
~ a.|lon tohtlon ~ !lNe memory phys'o-
logical function OF the norVe-cen9res. and bo-
completely it ia orqauizod by rencate1 nruc-
tIno rnaa =, ,oror ~ vii ~ ' era =, ' ~.
.'uo1 s,... Ao's ~ pu"el VI "A' 10 ohe u the
earliest and most charactoristio symptoms Of tn
o19eaTc. y No.
4.,, IVY IVY iesana laeaB "o ouEht TO grasp ana
cnn,,1a nuu 1ass' snsn @ sno an1of % f;fst that te
formed FORM ea out tss'1 of he moro smpe and
elementary by progressive and n-
means OF when this formation takes place. nro
not la~s q association 1norely, but laws of or
ganto combination aud evolution. The growth
% ot mental power meana an actual addition Of
eIfnosnre to she intimate constitution Of tho
cDntrcH OF mlnd,-R mental Dr9nuf.0fIe In
tnom and mental management meana disorder
OF them, primary or sccondary, fu,lctioual or
organic"
Ihe aocuhd lecture Bkotclcs tue features of
certain forms Of degcnolacy Of nud and traces
their rcatIons to other disorders Of tho
norvons sssstem;. Mentnl disease, nccort1-
lna to DIR. h(au1siey, ia simply ner-
Sous discase n which mental symptoms
prodomsnnte: aiveh a mind disordored
and we shall invariably discover that 1t is tic
result OF somo bodily arrangement. Defective
nervous organizations, which arc the prolific
causes Of degenerate and tlomentcd intelloctp,
aro tue fatal heritage bo1noathcd from one
generation to another, ht!tltitudes OF human
11eings come into the world weighted with a
oostny againBt which they have neither tho will
!, aor =; tAo power to contend; tAoy are the step
cs1ldron OF Nature, and gioan under the worst
p Al! tyrannies,-tho tyrrunny Of bud orgAuixa-
!s,n. Many casoa Of idloov ara distinctly rofer-
n ~ f%N~ ,&~Q }kkA-