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met with there in allitsdegrees. Ina 
man whofe head was of an unnatural 
form, Dr. G. was doubtful if he fhould 
explain the remarkable protuberance above 
his ear as an organ of cunning, or as an 
effect of a watery head. He faid, that 
fuch a head might contain two pounds 
of water! In a patient who chatters 
continually, and fpeaks in violent terms 
of his being cheated by his relations, Dr. 
G. found the organs at the upper part of 
the front bone, which f{cem to be necef- 
fary for the imagination of a poet, very 
prominent, mentioning at the fame time 
that moft of the fanatic talkers are diftin- 
guifhed by thefe organs. 
We next vilited the rooms where difor- 
dered and lunatic females were confined. 
In a quarrelfome woman Dr. G. obferv- 
ed that the organ of fighting and that of 
vanity were particularly difclofed. In an- 
other he defired us to notice the aniorous 
and voluptuous motions of the head, of 
which he had fpoken in his lectures, and 
the behaviour of this perfon completely 
confirmed his obfervaticn on this fubject. 
The following morning feveral perfons, 
whom Dr. Gall had referved for a more 
minute inveftigation, were brought before 
him in the committee-room, one after the 
other, that he might have full {cope to 
exercife his organofcopy, not being inter- 
rupted by a crowd of fpectators. One of 
the company undertook to draw up a ver- 
bal-proce{s, which was read to the Doc- 
tor after the bufinefs was finifhed, for his 
approbation or rectification, The con- 
tents of it areas follow: 
Elizabeth Wedekind appears, who is 
confined on fufpicion of murder till the 
ean prove her innocence. The chaplain 
obferves, in his lift of prifoners, that fhe 
poffeffes the art of covering herfelf with 
the cleak of piety and devotion. She 
repeated with great eloquence the protef- 
tations of her innocence. The organ of 
murder ws found in her in a very {mall 
degree 5 as, on the contrary, the organ of 
talking fhewed itfelf more, and (till more 
that of cunning. Neither the organ of 
ambition, nor of vanity, nor of loftinefs, 
was vifible. She has been pregnant twelve, 
and delivered feven times. The cenftruc- 
tion of her fkull is favourable, particue 
Jarly on account of the organs placed on 
her forehead. 
A woman of the name of Weber, be- 
ing in the greateft defpair, as a reception 
was refufed to her every where, threw ber 
child, four years of age, into the water, 
and, withopt being moved by its pitiful 
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cries, fhe left it to be drowned. Dr. G. 
did not know any thing of her, but that 
fhe had murdered her child. He made oa 
her the following obfervations : 
At the hind part of her head, which is 
very flat, the organ of love for her chil- 
dren is not obfervable ; but the want of 
it is not fo great as he faw it in three fe- 
male convicts, who were guilty of having 
murdered their children, and whom he 
had an opportunity of examining very 
clofely at Vienna, Spandau, and Leipzig. 
Her organization is very different upon 
the whole ; only the organ of retaining 
words is very vifible. That of murder 
is not to be difcovered in her. The want 
of the neceflaries of life, however, pro- 
bably brought her to the dreadful refolu- 
ion of committing murder, as appears 
by the written proceedings on her trial. 
She was the only female conviét that we 
faw this and the preceding day who thed 
tears, and fhewed an undilguifed repen- 
tance. Her declaration, which was con- 
firmed by the chaplam, that fhe never had 
any education, that fhe had only learnt to 
read while inthe houfe of correction, that 
fhe had got many fentences of the Bible, 
and feveral pfalms, by heart, deferve to 
be noticed, to juftify Dr. Gall’s opinion 
of her. 
Three noted thieves appeared. One of 
them, of the name of Weber, was exa. 
mined firft. ‘* Two of his organs are 
confpicuous in an extraordinary manner, 
that of thieving with an uncommon cun. 
ning, and that of reprefentation.? Of 
the former, the account of his life fur. 
nifhed us with convincing proofs, and of 
the latter he gave ua inftantly an example, 
by reprefenting an enraged perfon in the 
moft natural manner, He has played fe- 
veral parts, which have done credit to his 
abilities as an actor. At.the fame time it 
was faid of him, that he could deliver any” 
fermon he had heard, and imitate exactly 
the voice, geiticulation, and declamation, 
of the preacher. 
Dr. Gall fpoke of M**r, a journeys 
man bricklayer, in the following manner ; 
«‘ His organ for thieving is very vifible: 
he has likewife the organ of reprefenta- 
tion ; but his organs tor haughtineis and 
obftinacy, and that for muilic, are {till 
more cenfpicuous.’”? Upon inquiring into 
his conduct, we were affured that he was 
very obftinate and rebellious, and that 
had once made his efcape. With refpe& 
to his inftin& tor mulic, we w-re told thar 
he was the beft pialm finger in the wholg 
congregation, Ds, G. oblerved, that the 
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