Changes produced in the nervous system by civilization : considered according to the evidence of physiology and the philosophy of history / by Robert Verity.

  • Verity, Robert.
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1839
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    CHANGES PRODUCED IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM BY CIVILIZATION^, CONSIDERED ACCORDING TO THE EVIDENCE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY. BY ROBERT VERITY, M.D. ' MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF EDINBURGH AND GiiTTINGEN. In the savage state man is almost all body, with a very small proportion of mind. In the maturity of civil society, he is complete both in mind and body. In a state of degeneracy, by luxury and voluptuousness, he has neither mind nor body.—ior<i Karnes.—{Boole I, Sh. viii.) SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY S. HIGHLEY, FLEET-STREET. AND A. k W. GALIGNANT, PARIS. 1839.