Principles of the human mind deduced from physical laws : being a sequel to Elements of electro-biology ; together with The lecture on the voltaic mechanism of man, delivered at the London Institution, April 11, 1849 / by Alfred Smee, F.R.S., senior surgeon to the Royal General Dispensary, surgeon to the Bank of England, and to the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital, and lecturer on surgery.

  • Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877.
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1849
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Credit: Principles of the human mind deduced from physical laws : being a sequel to Elements of electro-biology ; together with The lecture on the voltaic mechanism of man, delivered at the London Institution, April 11, 1849 / by Alfred Smee, F.R.S., senior surgeon to the Royal General Dispensary, surgeon to the Bank of England, and to the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital, and lecturer on surgery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the mind receives of an organised being, incompetent to perform the vital actions. MIND. 48. The term Mind is assigned to the general idea of any action of the brain, which is a part of the organisation of man. An idea is the term assigned to any specific action in the brain. ORGANISATION. 49. Organisation is the term assigned to the con- struction of a being to adapt it to perform certain functions. FUTURE STATE. 50. The mind has constantly represented to it the idea of a personality which will exist infinitely. 51. Whilst, however, the idea exists, we have no power to learn the properties of infinity; and hence we cannot define the nature of the state in which we shall live hereafter. DISEASED STATES OF MIND. INSANE IDEAS. 52. Whenever an idea appears in the brain, which is neither instinctive nor is due to external causes, nor is deduced by the ordinary operation of the brain, it is said to be an Insane Idea.