Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . Fig. 3.—Motive Temperament. Gov. W. as its external signs, firm and rather thin hair, thin skin,paleness of countenance, small muscles, and often delicatehealth. The sensations are lively, and the muscular actionsrapid. The whole nervous system, including the brain, isextremely active, and the mental manifestations are pro-portionally vivacious. OF THE TEMPERAMENTS. 39 The Later Classification,—T\\q classification of thetemperaments used by early phrenologists, a
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . Fig. 3.—Motive Temperament. Gov. W. as its external signs, firm and rather thin hair, thin skin,paleness of countenance, small muscles, and often delicatehealth. The sensations are lively, and the muscular actionsrapid. The whole nervous system, including the brain, isextremely active, and the mental manifestations are pro-portionally vivacious. OF THE TEMPERAMENTS. 39 The Later Classification,—T\\q classification of thetemperaments used by early phrenologists, although correctand valuable in a pathological point of viev/, is not foundedentirely upon a healthy state of the constitution, two ofthe temperaments—the lymphatic and the nervous—beingtraceable to abnormal conditions of the bodily therefore prefer a later classification, which can claima physiological basis, and is also more simple and Fig 4 —Motive Temperament Miss H. The human body is made up of three grand systems oforgans, each of which has a distinctive general function inthe physical economy. They are known as the Motive orMechanical System, the Vital or Nutritive System, and theMental or Nervous System. The Motive or Mechanical System, composed of thebones, the ligaments, and the muscles, forms, by the com-bination of these three sets of organs, an apparatus of leversthrough which all the mechanical movements of the body 40 BRAIN AND MIND. are effected. The predominance of this system of organsin any individual gives rise to the special expression in theorganization of what we call the Motive Temperament. The Vital or Nutritive System, in like manner consistsof three classes of organs—the Lymphatics, the Blood-vessels, and the Glands—which, through their functionsof absorption, circulation, and secretion, are the instrumentsof the bodys nourishment and purification. Where this
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