ABERNETHY, Mr., quoted on the con- nexion of the mind with the brain, 30. Absolute size of a cerebral organ no criterion of the predominance of the faculty attached to it, 95.
Abuses of the faculties, what, 350. Acquisitiveness, organ of, its situa- tion, 165. History of its discovery, 167. Large in thieves, 167. Its dis- 172.
large organ of Number reported by, 304.
Akenside's description of the senti- ment of Wonder, 235.
Albert the Great, his division of the head into regions, 40.
Alderson, Dr., of Hull, his cases of spectral illusion, 358.
Alexander, Dr. Disney, his testi- mony in favour of Phrenology, 492. Alexander VI., Pope, his head, 181, 215, 406.
Algebra, talent for, 304.
a primitive propensity, 166. Not treated of by the metaphysicians generally, ib. Admitted by Lord Kames, ib. Gives rise to avarice, Alimentiveness, or organ of the ap- 167. Not in itself base or sordid, 169. petite for food, 151. Views entertain- Its uses, ib. Its existence disputed ed respecting it, by Dr. Hoppe, ib., by Mr. Owen, ib. Its effects modi- Dr. Crook, 153, and Dr. Spurzheim, fied by Self-Esteem, 170. Gives rise ib. Cases of its disease, 154. Views to a tendency to steal, 171. Mani- of MM. Ombros and Theodore Pen- fested by the lower animals, 173. Re- marks on, 480. Acrel, case of diseased Acquisitive- ness from, 172, 477.
Actions, why they cannot be pre- dicted by the aid of Phrenology, 415. Activity of mind distinguished from power, 98, 403. Influenced by tem- perament, 100, 351. Combination of faculties favourable to, 100.
Actors have large organs of Secre- tiveness and Imitation, 162, 261. Walks in which they are most succes- ful, dependent on the combination of their faculties, 262. Ideality neces- sary to tragic actors, 244.
Adaptation of parts of the creation proves the existence of God, 348. Adaptation of the external world to the intellectual faculties of man, 349. Addison, nature of his genius, 402. Adhesiveness, one of the propensi- ties, 130. Situation and discovery of its organ, ib. Its effects on the cha- racter, ib. Generally stronger in wo- men than in men, 131. Distinguish- able from Benevolence, 132. Gives rise to society, ib. Very strong in the dog and other animals, ib. Its disease, ib. Its natural language, 133. Re- marks on, 479.
Admiration, love of, 189. Affections, 477.
Affective faculties, 105. Modes of their action, 350. Are not the exclu- sive sources of emotions, 478.
Africans, character of the, 421. Their superstition, 434. Their sen- timent of truth weak, 224.
telithe, 155. Appears to be the seat of hunger and thirst, 155, 272, 479. Its comparative developement in the French, Germans, and Spaniards, 442.
Allan, Mr. Thomas, mineralogist, his large organ of Form, 282.
Allegorical style, 336. Almsgiving not the only manifesta- tion of Benevolence, 202.
Amativeness, 107, 479. History of the discovery of its organ, 108. Gives rise to the sexual feeling, ib. Its in- fluence in society, 110. Its abuses, 111. Its effects in combination, 406.
American Indians, their Secretive- ness, Love of Approbation, and Firm- ness large, 164, 190, 216. Their sense of truth weak, 224. Their unimprove- able nature, 421, 430. Character and skulls of the North American Indians, 429. Engraving of the skull of one, ib.
Analogies, perception of, 335.
Anatomists, objection that they uni- versally disbelieve Phrenology an- swered, 454.
Anatomy does not reveal vital func- tions of organs dissected, 56. Anato- my of the brain, 72; of the skull, 79. Anatomical researches of Dr. Gall, 62, 451.
Angelo, Michael, his large Construc- tiveness, &c., 177, 341. Engraving of his head, 277.
Anger, a manifestation of Destruc- tiveness, 146.
Animal magnetism, 371.
Animals, the lower, brains of, 42, 47, 97. Relation between their intel- ligence, and the depth and number of Aikin, Dr., on love of life, 156. their cerebral convolutions, 77. Ac- Ainslie, Sir Whitelaw, case of a curate comparison of their brains can
deficient, 348. Answers to some of their arguments, ib.
Attention, analysis of, 380. Augustus Cæsar, Self-Esteem large
Authority, love of, 185. Avarice, 164.
be made only between those of ani- mals of the same species, 42, 96, 321. Their Philoprogenitiveness, 118; Con- centrativeness, 128; Adhesiveness, 132; Combativeness, 138; Destruc- tiveness, 150; Secretiveness, 165; in the busts of, 185. Acquisitiveness, 173; Constructive- ness, 177, 180; Self-Esteem, 187; Love of Approbation, 194; Cautious- ness, 198; Benevolence, 205; Imita- tion, 263; Form, 281; Locality, 302; Number, 306; Time, 315; Tune, 321; Bacon, Lord, on latent propensity, Language, 332; Their capability of 99. On cunning, 163. On the innate- being tamed and taught, on what ness of Benevolence in man, 207. His dependent, 312. Do they possess style imbued with Ideality, 248. On Comparison and Causality? 341, 342,
Appetite for Food, organ of, See Alimentiveness.
Approbation, Love of, 189. Love of Approbation.
Arachnoid tunic of the brain, 79. Archery and quoits, talent for play- ing at, 286, 302.
Architectural talent, 310.
Aristotle, different reception of his philosophy at different times, 28. His assignment of the faculties to different parts of the brain, 40, 58. His doc- trine concerning the senses, 269.
Arithmetic, the chief sphere of the faculty of Number, 304.
Arnott, Dr. Neil, on the connexion between mind and body, 31. On the error of persisting in the cultivation of defective musical talent, 321.
Arrangement, love of, 306.
Artists have large organs of Secre- tiveness, 162; Constructiveness, 174, et seq.; and Imitation, 262. Indivi- duality, Form, and Size useful to, 280, 281, 285. Effect of temperament on, 398. Influence of the reflective facul- ties on their productions, 408.
Ashantees, their character, 434. Asiatics have generally large Vene- ration, 212. Inferior to Europeans,
Awe, religious, produced by Vene- ration, 213.
the faculties of perceiving resemblance and difference, 252. On the difference of the powers of mathematical and logical reasoning, 301. His Causality large, 345. His want of morality, 375. His large head, 400.
Bailly, Dr., on Dr. Gall's anatomical researches, 451.
Barclay, Dr. John, objections of his to Phrenology, 449, 459. His theory that the mind fashions the organs, ib. Barlow, Dr., his testimony in favour of Phrenology, 487.
Barristers, Combativeness useful to, 136.
Bashfulness, cause of, 407. Bayle, Peter, his love of opposition,
Beauty, emotion of, its origin, 242. Mr. Dugald Stewart on, 245. Dr. Thomas Brown on, 246. Lord Jeffrey on, 247, 283, 293. Standard of taste, 399.
Beavers, Acquisitiveness and Con- structiveness of, 173, 174, 180. Whe- ther they possess Causality, 342, note.
Bees, Acquisitiveness and Con- structiveness of, 173, 177.
Bell, Sir Charles, his discoveries of the functions of the spinal marrow and nerves, 64. On the duplicity of the brain, 73, 76. Admits that the shape of the skull determined by that of the brain, 81. His objections to Phre- nology, 81, 451.
Bellingham, John, murderer, 142, 188, 199, 202. His style, 324.
Benevolence, organ of, its situation, 200. History of its discovery, ib. Association, analysis of, 380. As- Deficient in the heads of deliberate sociation of names with shapes and murderers, 202. Supposed by Dr. colours, 278, 292; and of colours with Gall to be the organ of Justice, 204. musical notes, 316. The emotion of Its effects on the lower animals, 205. Beauty erroneously supposed by Lord How to be observed in them, 206. Its Jeffrey to depend on association, 247, disease, 207. 283, 293. Association of words and ideas, 322.
Astronomers, eminent, their Loca- lity large, 300.
Atheists, their Causality generally
one of the superior sentiments, its effects on the character, 201. Dif- ference between its manifestations and those of Love of Approbation, 191, 201. Instances of its great develope-
ment, 201. How it ought to be exerted trine held by several eminent physio- in society, 202. Effects of its defi- logists, 39. Partial injuries of, 39, ciency, ib. Its abuses, 203. Its ex- 459, et seq. Influence of size of, 45. istence not inconsistent with that of Small in children and idiots, 45, 432. Destructiveness, ib. Ought to be cul- Large in men of powerful minds, 46, tivated in education, 207. Its exis- 400. Functions of, not discoverable tence generally admitted by metaphy- by dissection, 56. Recent state of its sicians, 207, 208. Laws of its action, anatomy, 59. Its anatomy, 72. En- 208. Its effects in combination, 406, gravings of, 73, 74, 75. Duplicity of 407. Is a propensity as well as a its parts, 73. Result of that duplicity sentiment, 479. in cases of injuries of the brain, 464. Its weight and consistence at different ages, 75.
Bennelong, a New Hollander, 428. Berkeley, Bishop, his theory of vision, 274. His ideas on the evi- dence of existence of the material world, 347.
What are the functions of the cineritious and medullary sub- stances? 76. Its form varies more in the human species than in any other,
Bewick, Mr. Thomas, his large 78. Destitute of sensibility, ib. Its organ of Form, 282.
Bidder, Mr. George, mental calcu- lator, 300, 304.
Bilious temperament, how distin- guishable, 48. Its effects, ib. Birds, carnivorous, have large organs of Destructiveness, 151.
migration of, 303. singing, skulls of, 321. Blair, Lord President, his Construc- tiveness large, 180.
Blanchard's mind enfeebled by an injury of the head, 476
Blind men, case of one couched by Cheselden, 275. The organ of Co- louring generally small in persons born blind, 276, 297. Whether they can distinguish colours by touch, 298. See apparitions, 363.
Blood circulated in the brain, 78, 319, note.
Blumenbach on the connexion of the mind with the brain, 30. On smell,
Bonaparte's head large, 47, 400. His description of the characters of Ney and Murat, 136, 400. Intonation of his voice when angry, 159. His Secretiveness, ib. His Self-Esteem, 186. Was unable to understand in- tegrity of character, 222. His generals, 400. His description of the French character, 440.
Bonnet taught that the brain is an assemblage of organs, 39.
Booth, murderer, 143:
Boshuans, some account of the, 433. Botany, study of, 280, 350. Memory of botanists, 372.
Bouillaud's investigations into the pathology of the organ of Language, 330.
Brian, demonstrated to be the organ of the mind, 30-36, 476. Circulation of blood in its vessels increased by men- tal excitement, 33. Arguments tend- ing to prove that it is a congeries of organs, 36-39, 396, 469. This doc-
integuments, 79. Its figure during life discoverable by observation, 81. Func- tions of some of its parts still unknown, 82, 449. Brains of the same absolute size may indicate very different ta- lents, 95. Texture of the brain finer in some individuals than in others, 97. Retentiveness of memory supposed to be affected by its quality, 226, 367, 373. Its different parts distinguish- able, 450. Answer to the objection that its parts may be injured without affecting the mind, 450, 460. These functions not discoverable by mutila- tions, 471. Cases of change of cha- racter in consequence of injury of the brain, 476.
Brazil Indians, account of their cha- racter and brains, 432.
Brewster, Sir David, his organ of Weight large, 286.
Brigham, Dr. Amariah, case of in- jury of the head quoted from, 32.
Bright's account of the devotion of the inhabitants of Vienna, 209.
Brougham, Lord, his doctrine that mind is independent of matter com- bated, 35.
Brown, Dr. Thomas, on the connex- ion of mind with body, 35. On latent propensity, 98. On resentment, 134. On love of life, 156. His style cha- racterized by Secretiveness, 162. His views of desire of wealth, 164. Eu- logy of his character, intellect, and philosophy, 227, note.
Browne, Mr. W. A. F., references to essays by, 215, 237, 332. On de- rangement of Language, 331. His testimony in favour of Phrenology, 494. Brunel, engineer, his large organs of Constructiveness, Weight, and Causality, 176, 287, 346.
Burke's eloquence, 324, note. His Comparison and Causality large, 336, 345.
Burton's division of the brain into organs, 40.
Business, talent for, 311.
die on the cerebella of the lower ani- Bust, phrenological, 84. Its uses, mals, 109. Relation of its size to the tone of the voice, 319. Busts, ancient, 346. Chalmers, Dr., his Ideality large, Byron's poems strongly manifest 92. Fond of unusual words and ex- Destructiveness, 145. On passion pressions, 234. His Weight large, and poetry, 387. Bad taste displayed 286. His Comparison large, 336. in some passages of his Don Juan, 396. Sometimes sins against taste, 398. His large head and powerful mind, 402.
Cabinet-makers, skilful, have large Constructiveness, 177.
Caffres, some account of the, 432. Caligula, character of, 147.
Benevolence small, 203.
Callipers, use of, 94.
Camper's facial angle described; its fallacy, 58.
Caribs, 115, 137, 143, 304, 337, 345. Account of their heads and character,
Carmichael, Mr. Andrew, his views, of the proximate cause of sleep, 365. Mr. Richard, his testimony in
favour of Phrenology, 410.
Carnivorous and gramnivorous ani- mals, difference between the brains of, 139. Destructiveness and Secre- tiveness of the former, 150, 163. Carrier-pigeons, 303.
Catholics, strongly manifest Vene- ration, 231.
Caucasion, variety of the human species, 436.
Causality, one of the reflective fa- culties, 341. Analysis of, ib. Whe- ther possessed by the lower animals, 343, note. Dr. Spurzheim on, 344. Effects of its strength and weakness on the character, ib., 346. Is a fountain of resources, 345. Its effects on the works of authors, ib. Its effects in producing belief in Phrenology, 346. A source of abstract ideas, ib. Gene- rally weak in atheists, 348. Leads us to infer the existence of God, 349. Its effect on artists, 408.
organ of, history of its dis- covery, 341. Not large in the French,
Cautiousness, a positive sentiment, and not the mere want of courage, 195. Effects of its extreme activity, 196. Seldom acts alone, 389. Its excite- ment by sympathy, 391. Remarks on, 476.
organ of, its situation, 194. Combined with large Destructiveness and deficient Hope, predisposes to suicide, 197, 228.
Censoriousness, an abuse of Self- Esteem, 183.
Cerebellum, size of, at different periods of life, 36, 108. Its anatomy, 79. Is the organ of Amativeness, 107. Experiments of Flourens and Magen-
Change of character, cause of, 413. Cases where it was occasioned by in- juries of the head, 476.
Character, by what formed, 420. Charity, St. Paul's description of,
Charleton, Dr., quoted, 100. Chaucer, engraving of his head, showing large Ideality, 244. His Cau- sality large, 341.
Chaymas, their difficulty in compre- hending numeration, 305.
Chesselden, case of a blind man couched by, 275.
Chess players, eminent, their large Locality, 300.
Chesterfield on laughter and wit, 250. His recommendation of polite deceit, 397.
Chevalley, a man who accurately estimated the lapse of time, case of, 314.
Chinese, their large Self-Esteem, 186; Form, 281, and Colouring, 297. Christ's cerebral developement, how represented by Raphael, 211. Christianity, the religion of civilized man, 430.
Chronology, memory of, 305. Churchyards, respect for, produced by Veneration, 213.
Cicero's love of fame, 190. Cineritious substance of the brain, 75. Supposed by some to be exclu sively the organ of the mind, 76.
Cingalese, skulls of, 88, 136, 143, 144, 190, 194, 196, 199.
Circumspection, 195.
Clarke, the traveller, his organs of Weight and Locality large, 286. Clerks, choice of, by the aid of Phre- nology, 418.
Climate and soil, effect of, on the characters of nations, 422.
Cobbett quoted on the signs of men- tal activity, 49. His Combativeness, 136, and Self Esteem, 184.
Colburn, Zhero, calculating boy, 300, 305.
Colouring, a perceptive faculty, 289 organ of, effects of its large- ness and deficiency, 290. Generally larger in women than in men, 297.
Columbus's Locality represented large, 300.
Combativeness, one of the propen- sities, 133. Elementary nature of the faculty, 138, 479. Distinguished from Destructiveness, 141. Its effects in combination, 407, 410.
Combe, Dr. Andrew, on plurality of organs in the brain, 36. On size and power, 41. On mental exercise, 50. On the sense of sight, 276, note. Case of derangement of Tune reported by, 320. On the talent for recollecting names, 332, note. On happiness, 352. On sympathy, 390. His answer to Dr. Barclay's objections, 449. On the effects of injuries of the brain on the mental manifestations, 460.
Combinations in size of the cerebral organs, 404; in their activity, 412. Practical application of the doctrine of, 415. The effects of unusual com- binations ought not to be rashly pre- dicated, 411.
Commands, most effectual way of giving, 393.
Companion of Gall, his large organ of Language, 332.
Comparison, one of the reflective faculties, 334. Whether possessed by the lower animals, 341.
Compression of the brain, effects of, 32; of the infant head by savage na- tions, 426.
Concealment of thoughts and emo- tions, power of, produced by Secre- tiveness, 158.
Concentrativeness, organ of, 173, 310, 311, note.
Conception, a mode of action of the intellectual faculties, 357. Wherein it differs from imagination and me- mory, 366, 367.
Conditions, perception of, 337. Configuration, organ of, 281. Conscientiousness, organ of, its situation, 218. Not admitted by Dr. Gall; established by Spurzheim, 223. Its disease, 226.
sentiment of, 219. Its impor- tance as a regulator of the other facul- ties, 220. Its effects in combination, 225. Its deficiency cannot be sup- plied by other faculties, 411. Re- marks on, 480.
Consciousness does not reveal or- gans, 29, 55, 270, 457. Localizes the mind in the head, 34. Unity of, 312. Analysis of, 378. Does not inform us of the nature of mind, 457. Cases of double or divided consciousness, 102, 969, 379.
Coup d'œil conferred by Locality, 300.
Coverley, Sir Roger de, 202. Cowper quoted, 98, 100, 184. Source of his diffidence, 137.
Cox, Robert, on Combativeness, 139. On Destructiveness, 142, 150. On the laws of action of Benevolence, 208. On the mutual influence of the faculties, 386. His objections to Dr. Combe's views of sympathy, 390, and to Dr. Spurzheim's classification of the faculties, 477.
Cox, Dr. Abram, his suggestions for estimating the size of some of the cerebral organs, 87.
Crawford, Dr., of Dublin, remarks on insanity by, 148.
Cretins, Constructiveness of the, 179.
Criminals not always punished by remorse, 223. Their Ideality generally small, 243. Effects of large heads of, 401. Treatment of, 418, 482. Sta- tistics of Crime in France, 445. Do- cuments laid by Sir G. S. Mackenzie before Lord Glenelg relative to Con- victs sent to New South Wales, 482. Phrenology of great service in the treatment of, 595, 502. Examination of heads of Criminals at Glasgow and Newcastle, 502.
Crook, Dr., on the organ of Alimen- tiveness, 153.
Cruelty, 147, 148. Crystallography, 281.
Cudworth maintained the existence of the moral sense, 218.
Cullen, Dr., on the obscurity of the functions of different parts of the brain, 59.
Cunning, arises from Secretiveness, 160.
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