Observations on the structure of the brain ; comprising an estimate of the claims of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim to discovery in the anatomy of that organ.
- John Gordon
- Date:
- 1817
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations on the structure of the brain ; comprising an estimate of the claims of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim to discovery in the anatomy of that organ. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![to add, that nothing could have engaged me to publish the present remarks, but a strong anxiety for the progress of medical knowledge, and a deep concern for the reputation of a Medical School which was indebted to anatomy for its first cele- brity throughout Europe. The most complete summary of tlie doctrines which it is my object to examine, is to be found in the article Cerveau, in the 4th volume of the Dictionaire des Sciences Medicales, published at Paris in the year ]813. It is written by Drs. Gall and Spurzheim themselves, and bears their signature; and as it is the latest dissertation which they have composed on the subject, it may be pre- sumed to contain the expression of their most matured opinions. This essay I have inserted verbatim in the Appendix ; and it is my inten- tion to refer to it constantly, in the following pages. Two advantages will result from this. In the first place, it will enable my readers to perceive whether or not I have, on all occasions, correctly,interpreted the meaning of the descrip- tions which are the object of my criticism ; and secondly, it will afford those who have no other means of knowledge, an opportunity of acquiring](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21054654_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
