A new illustrated hand-book of phrenology, physiology and physiognomy.

  • Wells, R. B. D.
Date:
[1878?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A new illustrated hand-book of phrenology, physiology and physiognomy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    the corpus callosum, a long broad white band, which forms the bond of union between the hemispheres. The corpus callosum is composed mostly of nerves, and its object is to bring all the parts of the brain and mind into one grand focal centre, and thus enable all the separate faculties to work together in harmonious unity. In this way the mental operations, though composed of independent faculties, work in concert. Fig. 26.—Brain Exposed. There is also existing between the brain and the skull a liquid, usually called the subarachnoid fluid. This fluid is for the purpose of preventing the brain from being injured when a person is in the act of jumping, &c., so as to prevent concussions and injury to the brain. The quantity of this fluid varies materially in different individuals. When a person is in a state of health, there