. Science in story. Sammy Tubbs, the boy doctor, and "Sponsie," the troublesome monkey . organs ; but a majority of them exertsuch a controlling influence in the manifestationsof the mind, that those giving attention to the sub-ject seldom fail to agree as to the proper place inthe skull to assign their residence. Time will cor-rect all disagreements, and investigation will event-ually place the science on a foundation which willdefy the attacks of all assailants. We will look now at a picture of the humanhead, and see where the groups of organs whichexercise so much influence over all our act
. Science in story. Sammy Tubbs, the boy doctor, and "Sponsie," the troublesome monkey . organs ; but a majority of them exertsuch a controlling influence in the manifestationsof the mind, that those giving attention to the sub-ject seldom fail to agree as to the proper place inthe skull to assign their residence. Time will cor-rect all disagreements, and investigation will event-ually place the science on a foundation which willdefy the attacks of all assailants. We will look now at a picture of the humanhead, and see where the groups of organs whichexercise so much influence over all our actions arelocated. In presenting in this volume a picturecontaining so much, some of the names can hardlybe read without the aid of a magnifying-glass. Ifyou have one it will repay you to use it and ex-amine the chart closely. But the larger lettersoutside of the line of the head will give you an ideaof the regions in which many of the groups of or-gans are found. In the picture it will be seen that the face is THE TROUBLESOME MONKEY. 117 pretty well covered over with names of regions. OUTLINES OF PHRENOLOGY. which are influenced by the organs of the originator of the above chart, Professor Il8 THE BOY DOCTOR AND Buchanan, here reaches out considerably fromPhrenology into Physiognomy. Again I am touched on the elbow by some littleinquirer who wants to know the meaning of Physi-ognomy. I ought to say, Go to your dictionary,but as this will for the moment take your attentionfrom these pages, I will give it to you just as Web-ster defines the word. Physiogonomy : The art or science of discern-ing the character of the mind from the features ofthe face ; or the art of discovering the predomi-nant temper or other characteristic qualities ofthe mind by the form of the body, but especiallyby the external signs of the countenance or thecombination of the features. For instance, if either Professor Buchanan or Pro-fessor Redfield were to meet you, he would tellyou just what sort
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