to diminish as much as possible the merit which he was forced to 
allow to this new mode of dissection. It is said that Cuviery whose 
firmness and independence were by no means commensurate with his 
great talents, was swayed by the haughtiness of the First Consul, 
who had seen with displeasure that the French Institute had awarded 
a prize medal to Sir H. Davy for his galvanic experiments, and * at 
a levee rated the wise men of his land, for allowing themselves to be 
taught chemistry by an Englishman, and anatomy by a German.’ 
~ “In Paris, Gall and Spurzheim began to publish their great work 
onthe anatomy and physiology of the nervous system in general, 
and that of the brain in particular. They also continued their pub- 
lic lectures and demonstrations. They remained and labored to- 
gether in Paris till the year 1813. In the following year Spurzheim 
went over to England, and gave his first public lecture in London, 
in the amphitheatre of Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Abernethy, though~he 
did not give full credit to the evidence brought forward by phrenolo- 
gists to prove that special parts of the brain are the organs of et 
imate qualities of the mind, fully acknowledged the superiority of 
Dr. Spurzheim’s anatomical demonstrations over every previous 
mode of dissecting the brain. I have been assured by a gentlemam 
who at that time attended Mr. Abernethy’s lectures, that he directed 
the attention of his class to Dr. Spurzheim’s anatomical labors as 
most important discoveries.* Still, the truly scientific method ‘of 
oe pbrenology by anatomical demonstration, though it se 
the respect of learned men, did not render it popular’ = 
- From London Dr. Spurzheim went to Bath, Bristol, Cork, and 
Diblin, where also he delivered lectures. He then proceeded to 
Edinburgh. His desire to visit that city was increased by -@ very 
abusive article on phrenology, which had appeared in the Edinburgh 
Review, for June, 1815, concluding with the confident assertion of 
the writer that his statement of the doctrine of phrenology could 
poey no doubt, in the maots of hohest and moat $e men, — 
Mr. edie in one of his publications, speaks of Dr. Spurzheim as‘ man 
. who had ae the motives of human actions a particular steal po, “ ae 
powers combined with benevolence and caution in decision toe 
the “great gratfeston he had in. being ita e with Dre - 
whilst he remained in London.’ 
