Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . CHAPTER V. THE PHYSICO-PRESERVATIVE OR SELFISH ORGANS. In our analysis of the mental organs and faculties, wewill begin with those which relate to the maintenance ofindividual existence. ALIMENTIVENESS. This organ lies in the anterior of the convolution lyingat the base of the middle lobe, and corresponding withthe antero-inferior part of the temporal bone of the Fig. l8.—ALIMENTIVENESS LaRGE. In the diagram (Fig. 17, which shows the relative posi-tion of
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . CHAPTER V. THE PHYSICO-PRESERVATIVE OR SELFISH ORGANS. In our analysis of the mental organs and faculties, wewill begin with those which relate to the maintenance ofindividual existence. ALIMENTIVENESS. This organ lies in the anterior of the convolution lyingat the base of the middle lobe, and corresponding withthe antero-inferior part of the temporal bone of the Fig. l8.—ALIMENTIVENESS LaRGE. In the diagram (Fig. 17, which shows the relative posi-tion of the different organs) it is located at, and in frontof, the upper portion of the ear. When large, it gives breadthand fullness to that region of the head. (See Figs. 18 and19.)^ * The star (*) indicates the position of the organ approximately. (69) 70 BRAIN AND MIND. It is the function of this organ to give a desire for foodand drink. The new-born babe makes the requisite exer-tion to obtain nourishment from its mother; the chickenpicks up seeds as soon as it is out of the shell, and theyoung of all animals are impelled by an innate impulse,each in its own way, to take nourishment. If hunger orJie organic need of the body alone impelled animals totake food, they would have no desire for food when thenatural wants of the system were satisfied; and it wouldbe difficult to explain the great enjoyment which some rnenderive from the pleasures of the table, and which impels
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