The Portland daily press., 1886-02-25
DR.. WlIson,s Lecfure.

A fair sized audience listened last evening
to DR.. Wilson'S lecture on "The Immotive
Powers" The lecture was illustrated by
several charts and quite a collection of
skulls.
The lecturer began by saying that the
organization of man is perfect. Every organ
is connected with every other organ and the
whole is connected with tine brain; conse-
quently when any organ is diseased the brain
is affected, and therefore a knowledge of the
science of phrenology is necessary for a cor
rect diagnosis Of every disease. Nothing
can take place to the body without its reflex
in the brain. We carry to the grave the
reflex of some accidents and diseases. The
brain is constantly fuctuating, as the state
of the system changes, and the configuration
Of the skull is constantly changing. In
baby the top of the head is very soft and re-
mains so throughout life. though it is not
generally so supposed, and consequently
blow upon the top of the head often proves
fatal, which would be harmless if received
upon the back or side
The doctor stated that all the parts of the
body, the lungs, heart, liver stomach, ETC.,
are mapped out upon the top of the head in
the same positions in relation to each other
in which they exist in the body, and that
when an organ is affected the diagram of it
on the top Of the head changes also. If the
upper right hand lobe of the lung Is diseased,
the map ON the top of the head of the upper
right hand lobe of the lung shows that such
is the case. In this way any person who is
yersed in this wonderful science can without
hesitation diagnose any disease, however
complicated, and the science is very easy to
learn.
After this exposition of his methods, the
doctor proceeded to illustrate by means of
the skulls. One of the skulls was that of
soldier, who had died frem an attack of
quick consumption, superinduced by colds,
and the exposure consequent upon soldiers
life. He also described the location and
character of certain wounds which the
soldier had received.
Then followed description Of various
difficult cases which the doctor had cured.
He said that he had saved many patients
who had been given up by the best physi-
clans of the city. This he was able to do by
means of the science OF Phrenology. Medi-
cal men who do not employ this method
know only the part of the body below the
head, and they know very little of that"
A contribution was then taken up, after
which, the lecturer invited any person to
them if anything allied them, or if anything
ever had allied them. After some waiting a
lady finally mustered courage sufficient to
face the audience. After an exhaustive ex-
animation of her head the doctor told her
that there was nothing the matter with her.
She then wanted to know how many teeth
she had lost. The doctor fingered her eye
broWs for awhile and told her that she had
parted with one OF her molars on the upper
left hand side, and two incisors in the lower
jaw. This seemed to tally with her expert
ence and she gave way to little girl. The
doctor told her that the apex of her heart
was slightly enlarged. and that the right
hand part of the diaphragm was inflated,
and asked her if that wasn't so, as far as she
knew. She said it was. Another lady then
took the stand. The doctor run his hand
through her back hair, rumpled up her bangs
and told her she was healthy. She thanked
him and got down.
A gentleman who had been helped by DR..
Wilson then asked for permission to say
word This being granted, he seconded
everything the doctor had said, and added
great deal which the doctor had been too
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