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Credit: Phrenological dictionary / By L.N. & J.A. Fowler. 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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![Phr [27] Pro Phrenology (Gr. phren^ the mind ; logos^ science), the science of the mind or a S3'stem of mental philosophy founded on the physiology of the brain. It points out the relation between the developments of the brain, and the manifesta- tions of the mind. It is classified into a complete system of mental and moral philosophy by reducing all the operations of the mind to their primary element?. Physiognomy (Gr. physis^ nature ; gnomon^ one who indicates or interprets), the science by which the character of the mind is read as it is manifested in the features of the face. PHYSIOLOGY (Gr. physis, nature ; logos, science), the science of nature, which teaches the laws by which organism is governed, the various functions of the organs of the body, and how those functions are performed. PiA Mater, see Membrane. Pineal Gland (L. pimis, a fir cone), a small reddish grey bod}', conical in form, placed immediatel}' behind the posterior commissure of the third ventricle of the brain. It was supposed b}' Descartes to be the seat of the soul. PrrriTARY Body, a small reddish grey vascular mass, oval in form, situate in the sella turcica. Pons V^arolii, the bond of union of the various parts of the brain, connecting the cerebrum, cerebellum and medulla oblongata. It is a bridge formed of alternate laj'ers of transverse and longitudinal fibres, mixed with grey matter, passing from the cerebellum to the crus cerebri. It is situated above the medulla oblongata, below the crus cerebri, and between the hemispheres of the cerebellum, and rests upon the sphenoid bone. Process, a projection of bone which forms the point of attach- ment for muscles.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21053030_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
