on Drs. Gall and Spiirzhehn' s Thy slogr.omonka I System. 3/1 



by that of the skull. Gall denominated the organs after the 

 characters of men, and found in mathematicians a peculiar organ 

 whicii he termed that of mathematics : in mechanicans, in 

 thieves, murderers, each had his characteristic organ ; hence a 

 bad nomenclature of organs as being derived from ai)use as well 

 as from legitimate exercise of the faculties : diificuity of as- 

 certaining the sphere of the activity of the faculties : organ of 

 cunning, intrigue, and hypocrisy : by constantly reflecting on 

 himself selfishly, organ of thieving is developed in man. Gall 

 admits of no division of the faculties : no organ of understanding 

 or volition, but admits a difference in the different faculties of 

 mind, and proceeded in the study of man as naturalists do in 

 the material world. He called mind a class which he divided 

 into two orders or faculties: 1. Intellect; 2. Moral feelings. 

 The latter he subdivided into four genera; viz. propensities, sen- 

 timents, knowing and reflecting faculties. Every faculty has a 

 peculiar propensity, but every sentiment has not a propensity. In 

 every faculty its aim, abuses, and the effects of its inactivity, are 

 to be considered. — Few actions are the result of one faculty 

 alone. The laws of induction as well as actual observation, 

 confirm the fact of the correspondence betv.-een the faculty and 

 the organ: every faculty is necessary to the perfect being; and 

 where one is exercised more than another the organ becomes 

 conspicuous. The cerebellum not fully developed until puberty 

 and manhood : hence the organ of sexual love or amaiiveness 

 found to reside in it. Dr. Gail was led to this inference, from 

 attending a widow lady of Vienna, who was subject to severe 

 attacks of epilepsy ; she unlformlv fell .backwards, aiid in sup- 

 porting her he perceived an unusual enlargement of the ba,ck of 

 the neck, and a decided peculiarity in that part ; it was also 

 hotter than the rest of tlie body. 



In cliildren and in females the cerebellum much smaller in 

 proportion to the rest of the brain ; and this organ is much 

 larger in males than in females, as appeared by comparing the 

 ijikuHs of animals (birds as well as quadrupeds) from the mouse 

 to the elephant. Throughout the whole, the larger this organ 

 the greater the propensity ; this propensity is manifested by the 

 thickness or elevation of the back of th.e neck. Wounds oi thig 

 part of the neck found to produce impotcncy in many instances: 

 bleeding frequently beliiiid the ears docs the same. Sawing off 

 the horns of stags produces temporary sterility ; vvell known 

 to breeders of < attle that the thickness of the neck of the stallion 

 and the bull the criterion of the generative faculty being vi- 

 gorous. The ancients also made this ol)servation. Dr. Spurz- 

 heim, among other cases, mentioned that of a French soldier 

 T,'ho was wounded in the back of the neck in Egypt, at the 



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