Phrenology examined / by P. Flourens ; translated from the second edition of 1845, by Charles De Lucena Meigs.

  • Flourens, P. (Pierre), 1794-1867.
Date:
1846
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    sense, is nothing more than a fascicle of nervous fibres. Therefore the brain, under the theory, can be nothing but a collection of fascicles of fibres.* According to Gall, the origin, the develop- ment, the structure and mode of termination, as to the organs of the faculties of the soul and the organs of the external senses, every thing is similar, every thing is in common. And yet the primitive difficulty remains un- solved. When I say an organ of the senses, I speak of a very determinate nervous apparatus. But is the same thing true when I say an organ of the brain ? What is an organ of the brain ? Is it a fascicle of fibres? Is it each particular fibre ? But if it be a fascicle of fibres, there are too few of them, for there are not twenty- seven of them; and twenty-seven are neces- * See at the end of this work the first Note on Gall's Anatomy.