The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . so asto more completely reveal theirrelations to, and disclose theireffects upon the bodily functions? Modern philosophers conceivethat mind consists of a trinity of essentials,— Intellect^ Emotionand Volition. Physiologists assign to the cerebrum its func-tions, and neurological, as well as phrenological writers havelocated them as represented in Fig. 6*7. True, there is no struc-tural division between the parts of the cerebrum, to indicate thisdiversity of function, nor is there any discoverable limit betwe
The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . so asto more completely reveal theirrelations to, and disclose theireffects upon the bodily functions? Modern philosophers conceivethat mind consists of a trinity of essentials,— Intellect^ Emotionand Volition. Physiologists assign to the cerebrum its func-tions, and neurological, as well as phrenological writers havelocated them as represented in Fig. 6*7. True, there is no struc-tural division between the parts of the cerebrum, to indicate thisdiversity of function, nor is there any discoverable limit betweenthe sensory and motory filaments of the same nerve. As no onehas any reason for denying that separate portions of the brainmay manifest distinct functions of the mind, we shall assume itas a conceded proposition. The regions of the cerebrum, thusideally represented, describe but little more than half of the areof a circle, whereas, it is evident that the base of the nervous 5 CERKBRAL PHYSTOI,or,Y. 117 mass is not idle, and is equally entitled to our consideration. In Fig. the posterior chamber of tlieskull is the cerebellum, ante-rior to which is the medullaoblonfjata connecting with thespinal cord and sympatheticsystem. These various partsare essential to the harmoni-^P^ ~ —~-—_^ J ous blending of mind and ^ /i^ 1 body. To this end, two con- ditions are necessary. (1.)All the nervous forces mustbe so related, that action andreaction may be fully estab-lished. (2.) A complete ner-vous circuit is requisite forthe reciprocal influence of mind and body. 158. Nature answers to mind in physical planetary system, a grain of sand, even the ultimate mole-cule, is fashioned after a circle. Life itself springs from aspherule of forces. The perfection of an idea or the complete-ness of a conception is expressed by a circle. The elements ofScience, Astronomy, Geology and Natural History are pictoriallyrepresented in this manner. How appropriately and logi
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