The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . ontended that the airangement of thesemi-circular canaL« is in some way connected with this this supposition, together with the theory of the transmissionof sound through the various portions of the cranial bones, isexploded. 143. From the foregoing description, it will be seen that thelabyrinth and tymp^ium are the essential organs of hearing. I SMELL. lo: In delicacT, re^nement and spiritoAlity this sense rank> next tosight. The emotions of beauty and snblimity, excited by thewarbling of bi
The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . ontended that the airangement of thesemi-circular canaL« is in some way connected with this this supposition, together with the theory of the transmissionof sound through the various portions of the cranial bones, isexploded. 143. From the foregoing description, it will be seen that thelabyrinth and tymp^ium are the essential organs of hearing. I SMELL. lo: In delicacT, re^nement and spiritoAlity this sense rank> next tosight. The emotions of beauty and snblimity, excited by thewarbling of birds and the roll of thunder, are scarcely dtstin-gnishable from the intense emotions arising from aig^t. It is aremai^able fact, that the refinement, or cultivation of theae aenaesis always found associated. Those nations that fnmidi thebest artL«ts, or have the highest appreciation of painting andsculpture, produce the skillful mu5icians — who reduce musicto a science, the laws of which are the emotions and paaaioiia ofthe human souL >MELL. 144. Next in order of delicacy X. IIl»itri:cs :b« dlf^rlbnUoB of •errel p*s»c«. L Proacal >^iaB7^ ;. Xssalbaaa. X iNlaetMy k«wUo« aad Mcrm. «.tlBegnelia*. cSMkaalatCL it OtaaCvatM a pMttoa i(«. Oerebraa. k. ?Merior lobes to the toteHeci—I tecairtw^ e. OarpMd. SepeoM laodoB. /. r«nux. and more closely allied withthe psychical functions, isthe sense of smelL Delicateperfumes^ or the fragranceof a flower, impart ao ex-hilarating semalion of Men3tre^ whfle nauseous odorsexcite a feeling of complication of structure,the organ of smell is far in-ferior to the eye and ear. Itc(Misists of two cavities hav-ing cartilaginoas walls, andlined with a thick muooosmembrane, termed the pitui-tary membrane, over whi<^are reflected the olCactotynerves. Particles of matter,too minute to be seenthrough the microscope, aredetadied from the odorousbody and come in contactwith the nerves of
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