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19. Sense of mechanics sense of construe- } A round protuberance at the lateral base of the 



tion ; talent of architecture ; industry. > frontal bone, towards the temple, and be- 



(G.) Kunstsinn,Bausinn. ) hind the organs of music and numbers. 



2a Comparative sagacity ) At |he midd]e and anterior of the frontal 



(G.) Vergleichender Scharf- V bone above that of the memory of things. 



sinn. ) 



21. Metaphysical penetration ; depth of "] In part, confounded with the preceding. Indi- 



m ind. I cated, at the outer side of this last, by two 



(G.) Metaphysischer Tief- [ protuberances, which give to the forehead a 



s i ri n . peculiar hemispherical shape. 



^ At the lateral and outer part of the last; and 



( giving greater width to the frontal promi- 



$ nences. 



23. Poetical talent. > O n tne outer s i ( ^ e OI " tne l ast l divided into two 

 (G.) Dichtergeist. > halves by the coronal suture. 



24. Goodness ; benevolence ; mildness ; com- ^ 



passion; sensibility; moral sense; con- \ Indicated by an oblong prominence above the 



science; bonhommie. [ organ of comparative sagacity ; almost at the 



( G.) G u t m u t h i g k e i t , M i 1 1 e i - f f r o nta l suture, 

 den, moralischer Sinn, j 

 Gewissen. J 



25. Irritation ; mimicry. > id f ^ } 

 (G.) Nachahmungssinn. > 



26. God and religion ; theosophy. ) At the^top of the frontal bone and at the supe- 

 ( G.) Theosophisches Sinn. 5 rior angles of the parietal bones. 



constancy; perseverance; ) The top Qf tfae he&d . at the anterior and most 



festerSinn S elevated part of the parietal bones. 



The first nineteen of those, according to Gall, are common to man 

 and animals: the remaining eight, man possesses exclusively. They 

 are, consequently, the attributes of humanity. 



Dr. Spurzheim, 1 a fellow-labourer with Gall, who accompanied him 

 in his travels, and was associated with him in many of his publications, 

 added other faculties, so as to make the whole number thirty-five; but 

 they were not embraced by Gall; indeed, several of the positions of 

 Spurzheim are repudiated by Gall's followers. 2 The organs admitted 

 by Spurzheim are given on the next page: the numbers correspond 

 with those of the illustrations. 



On the situation of the different encephalic organs, Gall remarks, 

 1st. That thos.e which are common to man and animals are seated in 

 parts of the encephalon common to both : at the posterior, inferior, 

 and anterior inferior, portions. On the contrary, those, that are exclu- 

 sive to man, are situate in parts of the encephalon that exist only in him; 

 in the anterior superior parts, which form the forehead. 2dly. The 

 more indispensable a faculty, and the more important to the animal 

 economy, the nearer is its organ to the median line, and to the base of 

 the encephalon. 3dly, and lastly. The organs of the faculties, that aid, 

 or are similar to each other, are generally situate in proximity. 



In his exposition of each of these organs, and of the reasons that 

 induce him to assign it as the seat of a special faculty, he sets out by 

 demonstrating the necessity of the faculty, which he regards as funda- 

 mental and primary, and to which he assigns a special nervous system 

 or organ in the encephalon. 2dly. He endeavours to show, that this 



1 Phrenology, Amer. edit., Boston, 1833. 



3 Elliotson, Human Physiology, p. 384, and 1147, London, 1840. 



