A New View of Insanity: The Duality of the Mind Proved by the Structure, Functions, and Diseases of the Brain, and by the Phenomena of Mental Derangement, and Shewn to be Essential to Moral Responsibility. With an Appendix ... |
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... things are beyond our comprehension , absolutely out of the reach of our faculties , and were probably so intended by the Creator . On these subjects the gigantic intellect of a Newton is as impotent as that of the uneducated peasant ...
... things are beyond our comprehension , absolutely out of the reach of our faculties , and were probably so intended by the Creator . On these subjects the gigantic intellect of a Newton is as impotent as that of the uneducated peasant ...
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... thing do , for the use of every thing shall be found in its season , but we dare not disguise the truth . " In reading Mr. Barlow's work , I was struck with the candid and fearless spirit in which the subject was pursued . It is evident ...
... thing do , for the use of every thing shall be found in its season , but we dare not disguise the truth . " In reading Mr. Barlow's work , I was struck with the candid and fearless spirit in which the subject was pursued . It is evident ...
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... thing like the white ligament which is seen in a neck of veal ; it is , however , by no means of equal con- sistence , being so soft as to be easily broken through with the fingers . It is called the corpus callosum , or great ...
... thing like the white ligament which is seen in a neck of veal ; it is , however , by no means of equal con- sistence , being so soft as to be easily broken through with the fingers . It is called the corpus callosum , or great ...
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... thing , however , seems conclusively established , that it is not the organ of the reasoning faculties ; it is unnecessary , therefore , to dwell upon it in a disquisition on the nature of the mind . At the basis of the brain there are ...
... thing , however , seems conclusively established , that it is not the organ of the reasoning faculties ; it is unnecessary , therefore , to dwell upon it in a disquisition on the nature of the mind . At the basis of the brain there are ...
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... things in the nature of the brain is , that the organ of sensation should itself be insensible . To cut the brain gives no pain , yet in the brain alone resides the power of feeling pain in any other part of the body . If the nerve ...
... things in the nature of the brain is , that the organ of sensation should itself be insensible . To cut the brain gives no pain , yet in the brain alone resides the power of feeling pain in any other part of the body . If the nerve ...
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3d Edition action Anatomy animal ANTHONY TODD THOMSON attention believe body brain called cause cerebellum cerebral cerebrum cloth COMPARATIVE ANATOMY complete comprehend conceive conscious conviction corpus callosum cultivated degree delusion destroyed disease disorder disturbance doctrine effect endeavoured entirely established example excite exercise existence explain eyes fact faculties feeling fibres functions gentleman give gradually habits human ideas impulse indulgence inferences influence injury insanity intellect JOHN LINDLEY JOSEPH SWAN manifest Materia Medica medulla oblongata ment mind mode moral morbid nature nerves nervous object observed opinion organ passed patient perception perfect perfectly perhaps persons phenomena phrenologists physical physician Plates portion position possession practice present produce propensities reason remarkable result seems sensation sense shew sleep sometimes soul sound structure suppose Surgeon theory thing tion trains of thought TREATISE treatment University of Göttingen volition whole Woodcuts writer
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