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tions by manipulating the external cranium ; and: he quoted a say- 
ing of Flourens with reference to phrenolog ay: es hommes qui 
la pratiquent sont des charlatans, et les hommes qui la croient sont 
des imbeciles 
Dr. Carpenter remarked that eae great work of the brain is done 
in the cortical substance, and in errier’s experiments, the first 
effect of the stimulus is upon that paicieules substance, producing 
maintained that the aetna: functions were ere at the a of 
e head, and the intellectual at the front. D ier’ ri 
ue tended to show that the real = of the intellectual foniene 
was in the seg part of the bra 
r. Brunton, however, alluded af tis faculty of will and of self 
restraint as sehtingealin man from the lower animals, and said 
that this was probably situated in the antartee part © the brain. 
It was noticeable that criminals, who were deficient in i faculty, 
possessed only a small portion of brain in front of the : 
Pro rdon Sanderson said that the stimulus in Dr. Ferrier’s 
experiments was, contrary to Dr. Carpenter’s supposition, exactly 
like the ordinary — of a nerve, and that the effect was pro- 
duced in an extrem ae short space of time—Re ep. Brit. Assoc., 
1873, Nature, Oct. 2 
Ill. Astronomy. 
1. Discovery of a new Planet ; by C. H. F. Perers. From 
communication to one of the editors, dated Litchfield Obearrivall i 
of Sogn College, Clinton, N. Y; Feb. 19, 1873.—I take pleas- 
e 
1874, Feb. 18, 14 30 m. t. @ (135)=11 19 43; 65 (185) = 4° 25" 
Its on seems not much inclined to the parallel. The mag- 
nitude ae seieated at about 11-2. 
2. Astronomical Society of London.—The Gold _ of this 
Society een awarded by its Council to Prof. Suton New 
coms, for his ei of Neptune and Uranus and his eee mathe- 
matical w 
ay of Sciences at Paris.—In the section of Astronomy, 
of | Peg Pak Academy, Dr. Huggins has been elected to replace 
M. Petit, and Mr. Newcomb, to replace M. Valz. 
