Appendix to The anatomy of the brain : containing a paper read before the Royal Society on the 14th of May, 1829, and some remarks on Mr. Charles Bell's animadversions on phrenology / by G. Spurzheim.

  • Spurzheim, Johann Gaspard, 1776-1832.
Date:
1830
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    organs^ wliilst the actual delineation corresponds not only with the situation of the organs, but also with their limits and configuration. This addi- tional discovery was desirable—nay, indispensa- ble—to our other anatomical discoveries and pub- lications in connexion with the Physiology and Pathology of the Brain. On the other hand^ the Transactions of the Royal Society contain many new illustrations of known principles, whilst none of their volumes give the views contained in my Paper on the Brain in the ordinary state, in the state of Idiotism, and on the Brain of the Ourarng-outang. It is, how- ever, conceivable that the Secretary, who never ceased to be hostile to Phrenology, found, as he said, that my ideas require a great imagination to be admitted, and objected to their being printed in the Philosophical Transactions. My friend Chenevix, in order not to have a formal refusal, withdrew the Paper. The adversaries of Phre- nology may not appreciate, perhaps not even un- derstand, the principles and ideas of my Paper • but those who take interest in the most important part of Anthropology will appreciate them, as the completion of the Phrenological Anatomy of the Brain. I publish the Paper without the least al- teration. I profit of this opportunity to make a few remarks on Mr. Charles Bell’s animadver- sions on Phrenology, and rely throughout on truth and on the justice of public judgment. G. Spurzheim.