The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-10-25
The Science Of PllrenolOgy,
BY PROF.. j. II. GEORGE.

/ EDITOR CHIEF:
Phren"logy processes to point out a
connection between certain manifesto
tions of the mind and particular condi-
tions and developments Of the brain,
1t asserts, foi. example, that the feeling
Of benevolence OF kindness is manifested
| and Indicated by means of and in pro-
portion to given portion of the
brain, and the same is true Of cautious
ness, of love, hatred, reason, firmness,
calculation, and of all the other mental
faculties and feelings common to man !:
and rice rsrsa, that the relative develop
ments and various conditions of given
portions OF the brain, manifest and indi-
cate the character and talents of indi-
yiduals, SO that the one can be ALWAYS
ascertained by an observance of the
other.
Phrenology is also a new and com
plete system Of intellectual and moral
philosophy, and processes in it's teachings
to develop and illustrate the true princi-
pies and disposition of human nature :;
principles which are inseparably con-
nected with mans improvement and hap
piness, prosperity and success III life
which embraces everything pertaining
to him as a physical, moral and intellect
ual being.
1t rests for support, in part, upon the
following propositions:
l. The brain is the organ Of the mind.
or that cOrporeal instrument which the
mind employs ill the exercise of thought
and feeling. This proposition is estab-
lished by the following argument:
First-How impossible soever it NAV
be for us to comprehend the connection
between mind and matter, it is neverthe-
less indisputably true that we have no
knowledge of the operations of the mind,
except through the medium of it's phys
ical organ, the body. This fact admits
of ample and positive proof, but without
proof, it must be obvious to every one
who reflects at all, that we know moth
ing Of mind i'll this life as separate en-
tity or thing that acts independently OF
its organic apparatus.
.Secondly-Since the body is the in
strument of the mind, and the brain the
material organ through which it acts. it
would be absurd to suppose that the
mind employs the whole body as it's cor
poreal organ, for it is we'll known that
the various parts of the human frame,
with the exception of the brain, such as
the limbs, the lungs, the heart, the liver.
the viscera, etc, are exclusively occupied
each i'll performing its particular class
Of functions.
Therefore, the brain has its office or
function to perform, and as it has been
fully proved by anatomical demonstra-
tons that the nerves Of feeling, sight.
herring, smell and taste have their
origin i'll the brain, and even compose a
a potion OF that organ, and the func-
tons OF these nerves constitute portion
of the intellectual operations. Now.
since a portion of the intellectual func-
lions is performed by part Of The brain
it is a logical induction to infer that the
remaining mental operations are per-
formed by the remaining portions of the
brain; and without FIST showing bv
what organ OF organs the other intellect
ual phenomena are performed, no one
can logically call in question this induc
ton. We will speak more fully of the
plurality of the organs, their uses, ETC..
in future articles.
For practical proof and the benefits
arising therefrom, call ON the author at
his office at Mrs. ". J. smart,s. on Rail-
road Avenue, next house to widoB Scott
Doudreaax'5 store.