. A text-book of comparative physiology for students and practitioners of comparative (veterinary) medicine. Physiology, Comparative. 498 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. science, Gall recognized and taught that the encephalon is a col- lection of organs; that these have separate functions; that the relative size of each determines the degree of its functional ac- tivity ; and that the cranium developing in proportion to the growth of the brain, the former might give information as to the probable size of what lay beneath it in different regions. It will be seen that, as thus interpreted, phrenology is
. A text-book of comparative physiology for students and practitioners of comparative (veterinary) medicine. Physiology, Comparative. 498 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. science, Gall recognized and taught that the encephalon is a col- lection of organs; that these have separate functions; that the relative size of each determines the degree of its functional ac- tivity ; and that the cranium developing in proportion to the growth of the brain, the former might give information as to the probable size of what lay beneath it in different regions. It will be seen that, as thus interpreted, phrenology is a very different thing from what usually passes under that name, and is paraded before wondering audiences by ignorant charlatans. In the main the doctrines of Gall are not without a certain foundation in facts; and the modem theory of localization of function bears some resemblance to what Gall taught, though with greater Fi6. 358.—Outer surface of cerebrum (after Exner). The shaded portion represents t/ie motor area in man and the monliey—i. e., the area which most ohservers be- lieve to be associated with certain voluntary movements of the limbs, etc. In the mean time it has been found that in many cases it was possible to locate the site of a brain-lesion (tumor, etc.) by the symptoms, chiefly motor, of the patient; and brain-surgery. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mills, Wesley, 1847-1915. New York, Appleton
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