Human If ram c, 237 



have assigned to each of the above 

 parts their appropriate use in the econo- 

 my of his frame, but none, perhaps have 

 given so comprehensive and eloquent a 

 description of the structure of man as 

 the late Dr. Hunter. u In order" says 

 this celebrated anatomist, " to acquire 

 a satisfactory general idea of this subject, 

 let us, in imagination, make a man ; in 

 other words, let us construct a fabric fit 

 for the residence of an intelligent soul. 

 This soul is to hold a correspondence 

 with all material beings around her ; and, 

 to that end, she must be supplied with 

 organs fitted to receive the different kinds 

 of impressions which they will make* 

 In fact, therefore, we see that she is pro- 

 vided with the organs of sense, as we 

 call them : the eye is adapted to light ; 

 the ear to sound ; the nose to smell ; the 

 moutJi to taste ; and the skin to touch- 

 Farther, she must be furnished with or- 

 gans of communication between herself 

 in the brain and those organs, to give 

 her information of all the impressions 

 that are made on them ; and she must 

 have organs between herself in the brain 

 .\rA r very -other part of the body fitted 

 U2 





