THE 



CORRESPONDENCE OF BODY 

 WITH MIND: 



BEING 



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Delivered before the Hampstead Naturalists' Club at the 

 close of the session 1883-84, 



By WILLIAM BOULTING, L.R.C.P,Lond. 



A FEW generations ago psychology was a terra incognita, a 

 sort of Central Africa of science, the haunt of mysticism 

 and metaphysics. A few bold explorers had, it is true, 

 invaded its territories, with little success. Within the 

 last few years, however, the researches of physiologists 

 and physicians have added much to our knowledge of 

 mind and of its organ — the nervous system. 



Now, happily, we can at least map out the territories 

 and are acquainted with the main features of this much 

 disputed region. It is my purpose this evening to give 

 you a brief survey of such of the relations of the mind to 

 the nervous system as are already ascertained or may be 

 legitimately inferred to exist. 



The study of mind natiu-ally divides itself into three 

 great branches of inquiry. 



Ist. The examination of one's own mind, or subjective 



psychology. 

 2nd. The observation of the minds of other men 



and animals, or ohjective psychology. 

 3rd. The study of the structure and function of the 

 brain and nervous sjstem, and the relation that 

 physical bear to mental facts, or neurology. 



