The Phrenological Journal, and Magazine of Moral Science

PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL,

AND

MAGAZINE OF MORAL SCIENCE,

FOR THE YEAR 1841.

VOL. XIV.

VOL. IV. OF THE NEW SERIES.

Quiconque a une trop haute idée de la force et de la justesse de ses raisonne-
mens pour se croire obligé de les soumettre à une expérience mille et mille fois
répétée, ne perfectionnera jamais la physiologie du cerveau.-GALL.

The first business of philosophy is to account for things as they are; and till
our theories will do this, they ought not to be the ground of any practical con-
clusion. MALTHUS.

EDINBURGH:

MACLACHLAN, STEWART & CO.;
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO., LONDON;

D. ROBERTSON, GLASGOW; AND
WILEY & PUTNAM, NEW YORK.

MDCCCXLI.

No. LXVI.

SECT. I. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

1. Report of the Proceedings of the Phrenological Association at its

Third Annual Session at Glasgow in September 1840,

Mr Combe's Opening Address,

Dr Kennedy on the Functions of an organ between Philopro-

genitiveness and Self-Esteem,

Mr Deville's Account of his Phrenological Collection,

Dr Epps on a Case of Insanity,

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Mr Cull on the Case of Louisa Vinning, a precocious musical

child,

Mr Simpson on the Effects of Moral Training,

Mr Deville's Cases of Change of Form of the Head produced
by Education, &c.,

Proposed Central Phrenological Society,

Case of Philip Davis, a Blind Man,

Case of Edward Oxford,

Case of a Flat-headed Indian,

Mr Goyder on Education in connection with Phrenology,

School Discipline,

Mr Trevelyan on a Case of Derangement of Language, &c.,

Mr Bally on a Case of Idiocy,

Mr Donovan on the Case of Courvoisier,

Mr Brewer on a proposed Phrenological Guarantee Society,

Meeting of the Council,

Public Meeting in the Mechanics' Institution,

2. Dr Baillarger's Researches on the Structure of the Cortical Sub-

stance of the Cerebral Convolutions,

3. Mr Noel on the Progress of Phrenology in Germany,

SECT. II. CASES AND FACTS.

1. Sixteen Years' Phrenological Experience. By the Rev. H. CLARKE, 72

2. Case of Disease of the Organs of Perception. By W. A. F.

BROWNE, M.D.,

3. Phrenological Visit to the Exeter Deaf and Dumb Asylum. By

Messrs W. J. VERNON and ADOLPHE KISTE,

SECT. III. NOTICES OF BOOKS.

1. Timon but not of Athens,

2. Fraser's Magazine for November 1840,

3. The Quarterly Medical Journals for October 1840,

4. Our Library Table,

SECT. IV. INTELLIGENCE AND SHORT ARTICLES.

The Phrenological Journal-The Phrenological Association-Pro-
posed Central Phrenological Society-Death of Robert Ferguson,

402810

Esq. M.P.-London-Edinburgh-Exeter-New Casts-Head
of Napoleon-The Boy Jones-M. Monat's Experimental Re-
searches on the Functions of the Encephalon-Anecdote illus-
trative of the Size of Sir Walter Scott's Head-Mr Combe's
Phrenological Visit to the United States-Dr Combe's Observa-
tions on Mental Derangement, &c.

Books and Papers received,

Notes to Correspondents,

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No. LXVII.

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

SECT. I.

1. M. Leuret's Attack upon Phrenology,

2. Mr Hytche on the Functions of the Organ of Weight,

3. List of Members of the Phrenological Association,

The Treasurer's Account,

4. An Angry Reviewer,