A Manual of Anthropology, Or Science of Man Based on Modern Research by Charles BrayLongmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1871 - 358 pages |
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Page vi
... brain and certain equally definite mental functions . He devoted his life to this study of Cerebral Physiology : others have devoted their lives to the veri- fication of his most important discoveries , so that the physiology of the brain ...
... brain and certain equally definite mental functions . He devoted his life to this study of Cerebral Physiology : others have devoted their lives to the veri- fication of his most important discoveries , so that the physiology of the brain ...
Page vii
... brain has to play is that of a pot of pomatum - its function , according to the barber , being to " percolate through the skull and nourish the roots of the hair " . ' -or to perform the more noble function of the organ of the mind . It ...
... brain has to play is that of a pot of pomatum - its function , according to the barber , being to " percolate through the skull and nourish the roots of the hair " . ' -or to perform the more noble function of the organ of the mind . It ...
Page xi
... brain is the centre of this system , they may begin to feel some little interest in its varied functions and Gall's discoveries . There are many at the present time who have been obliged to disregard " the tales they have heard from ...
... brain is the centre of this system , they may begin to feel some little interest in its varied functions and Gall's discoveries . There are many at the present time who have been obliged to disregard " the tales they have heard from ...
Page xix
... brain and nervous system . The foetal changes . The functions of the brain and nervous system . Mind - the highest development of force . Comparative slow rate at which nerve force travels . Dr. Gall's discoveries in cerebral physiology ...
... brain and nervous system . The foetal changes . The functions of the brain and nervous system . Mind - the highest development of force . Comparative slow rate at which nerve force travels . Dr. Gall's discoveries in cerebral physiology ...
Page xx
... brain . Analysis of its functions . Conditions requisite to its healty action . Life - definition of it . Temperaments . Dr. Robert Bird's physiological essays . Waves of heat , and waves of death . Tenacity of life and the organ of ...
... brain . Analysis of its functions . Conditions requisite to its healty action . Life - definition of it . Temperaments . Dr. Robert Bird's physiological essays . Waves of heat , and waves of death . Tenacity of life and the organ of ...
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