Examination of the objections made in Britain against the doctrines of Gall and Spurzheim / by J.G. Spurzheim. Article of the Foreign quarterly review / by Rich. Chenevix ; with notes by J.G. Spurzheim.

  • Spurzheim, J. G. (Johann Gaspar), 1776-1832.
Date:
1833
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    have never published a separate answer to sin- gle pamphlets, but merely considered the objec- tions in our lectures or in our works, when treating of the respective objects. Our maxim is, never to fight with darkness, but to endeavor to bring light. I am now to submit to the public some obser- vations on the objections of our principal antag- onists in Great Britain, confining myself to the points in question, and depending on the moral sense, the judgment and observation, of my readers. In short and concise expressions I will state the real object of cur inquiries, and the true import of our propositions, and then compare the interpretations of the chief Reviews, especially of the literary gospel of Edinburgh. At the same time I will mention an antagonist, who was at first anonymous, but did not long conceal himself; who then appeared as an au- thor on the structure of the brain, and at last as a historian of the anatomy of that organ. The Edinburgh Reviewer speaks (No. 49. p. 229.) of ' a conscientious discharge of duty on this occasion ;' it therefore is right to name him accordingly. Ihe author of the Treatise on the Brain, in a pamphlet, asserts, that the anatomy