Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . s noreason to deny that the mind feels at the finger-points, and none to assert that thebrain is the sole organ of thought, he showed that he had not apprehended thesignificance of the revolution commenced, two hundred years before his time, byDescartes, and effectively followed up by Haller, Hartley, and Bonnet in the mid-dle of the last century. PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 285 published by Dr. David Ferrier, of Kings College, Lon-don, are exceedingly interesting
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . s noreason to deny that the mind feels at the finger-points, and none to assert that thebrain is the sole organ of thought, he showed that he had not apprehended thesignificance of the revolution commenced, two hundred years before his time, byDescartes, and effectively followed up by Haller, Hartley, and Bonnet in the mid-dle of the last century. PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 285 published by Dr. David Ferrier, of Kings College, Lon-don, are exceedingly interesting to the student of Phre-nology, because they constitute a physical demonstrationof the fact that the brain is an assemblage of centers sub-serving distinct functions. To be sure, the results whichFerrier has tabulated * relate simply to the mechanicalorganism ; but the evident impossibility of obtaining purelymental responses by the galvanic excitations of an animal,which had been rendered unconscious by anaesthesia, cannot impair the observed facts of mental 118 is taken from Prof. Ferriers work, and repre-. Fig. 118.—Mechanical Centers of a Monkeys Brain. sents the left hemisphere of a monkeys brain, with thecenters or regions numbered, which are said to be pro-ductive on irritation of certain muscular movements, t,for instance, is related mechanically to advance of theopposite hind limb as in walking. 3, has to do with movements of the tail, generally associated with othermovements. 9 and 10 are related to opening of themouth with protrusion (9), and retraction (10) of the * The Functions of the Brain. By David Ferrier, , Ed. 1876. 286 BRAIN AND MIND. tongue. 13 and 13, cause the eyes move toward theopposite side with an upward or downward deviation ac-cording as the electrodes are on 13 or 13^. The pupilsalso generally become contracted. 14, Pricking of theopposite ear, head and eyes turn to the opposite side,pupils dilate widely. Here (in 13
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