Practical Phrenology: Giving a Concise Elementary View of Phrenology, Presenting Some New and Important Remarks Upon the Temperaments: and Describing the Primary Mental Powers in Seven Different Degrees of Development |
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... equally large portion of the system . THIRD . A slight pressure upon the brain suspends the mental operations rendering the patient unconscious of every thing ; and by the removal of this pressure the mental powers are instantly ...
... equally large portion of the system . THIRD . A slight pressure upon the brain suspends the mental operations rendering the patient unconscious of every thing ; and by the removal of this pressure the mental powers are instantly ...
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... equally asleep or awake upon all subjects at a given instant , which would preclude the possibility of dreaming ; but if composed of several , one might be par- tially active , and another dormant , at the same time , which would ...
... equally asleep or awake upon all subjects at a given instant , which would preclude the possibility of dreaming ; but if composed of several , one might be par- tially active , and another dormant , at the same time , which would ...
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... equally powerful when applied to every thing , in which case partial genius , or a talent for one thing and not for another , could not exist together , but every one would be equally gifted with mathematical talents , and poetical ...
... equally powerful when applied to every thing , in which case partial genius , or a talent for one thing and not for another , could not exist together , but every one would be equally gifted with mathematical talents , and poetical ...
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... equally its every function and operation ; but in case the brain is an assemblage of parts or organs , it is plain that the injury of one of them will affect that particular class of mental functions which is exercised by it , and that ...
... equally its every function and operation ; but in case the brain is an assemblage of parts or organs , it is plain that the injury of one of them will affect that particular class of mental functions which is exercised by it , and that ...
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... equally powerful . See also the bull - dog , mastiff & c . 2. THE MOTIVE APPARATUS . This embraces the osseous and fibrous portions of the system , or the bones , muscles , sinews , tendons , and every organ of the body employed to give ...
... equally powerful . See also the bull - dog , mastiff & c . 2. THE MOTIVE APPARATUS . This embraces the osseous and fibrous portions of the system , or the bones , muscles , sinews , tendons , and every organ of the body employed to give ...
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Page 426 - Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents. For to him that hath shall be given, and he shall have more abundantly ; but from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Page 166 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes?
Page 155 - rejoice with those that do rejoice, and weep with those that weep.
Page 422 - He also gave him dominion over the fish of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth.
Page 42 - Which varies in the two sexes of the same species ; 3. Which is not proportionate to the other faculties of the same individual ; 4. Which does not manifest itself simultaneously with the other faculties ; that is, which appears or disappears earlier or later in life than other faculties ; 5.
Page 24 - Sir Charles Bell also observes, " that the bones of the head are moulded to the brain, and the peculiar shapes of the bones of the head are determined by the original peculiarity in the shape of the brain.
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Page 42 - ... animal and not in another; 2, which varies in the sexes of the same species ; 3, which is not proportionate to the other faculties of the same individual; 4, which does not manifest itself simultaneously with the other faculties, that is, which appears or disappears earlier or later than they...