Some account of Dr. Gall's new theory of physiognomy founded upon the anatomy & physiology of the brain, with the critical strictures of C. W. Hufeland.

  • Robinson, Henry Crabb, 1775-1867.
Date:
1807
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Credit: Some account of Dr. Gall's new theory of physiognomy founded upon the anatomy & physiology of the brain, with the critical strictures of C. W. Hufeland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    \ OF THE ANATOMY OF THE BRAIN. * The following is a brief summary of Gall's Observations on the Anatomy of the Brain. The nerves of the body do not consist of any medullary substance, they are only fibres. These fibres spring from each half of the spinal marrow in various fascicles, which arise, by the side of each other, from the cauda equina to the medulla oblongata. These fascicles are separated by furrows and a pulp resembling the substantia corticalis. Each of these fascicles consists of fine fibres, which are not separated by any intermediate body. * The unprofessional reader may pass over this chapter which is written more particularly for the experienced ana- tomist; while' the doctrine of organs and general notions which follow afterwards, do not, -in order to be understood, suppose in the reader any thing beyond the information .which every man of education and general knowledge pos- sesses. In