| 1840 - 458 Seiten
...conclusions which we regard as at variance with the most certain psychological facts, viz., he says, that " there is undoubtedly a very close connection between...the INTELLECTUAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS of the mind ;" and proceeding on this principle, he compares the weight of the whole brain, as ascertained in upwards... | |
| Franz Joseph Gall, Andrew Combe, Joseph Vimont, François Joseph Victor Broussais - 1838 - 396 Seiten
...principle of size being a measure of power. He says, " There is undoubtedly a very close connexion between the absolute size of the brain and the INTELLECTUAL...congenital idiotismus, few much exceeding in weight of a new-born child. Gall, Spurzheim, Haslam, Esquirol, and others, have already observed this, which... | |
| Alexander Monro - 1840 - 340 Seiten
...friend SirW. HAMILTON'S researches have led to a different conclusion, t TIEDEMANN has observed, that " there is undoubtedly a very close connection between...the INTELLECTUAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS of the mind ;'' and, proceeding on this principle, he compares the weight of the whole brain, as ascertained in... | |
| 1840 - 598 Seiten
...conclusions which we regard as at variance with the most certain psychological facts, viz. He says that " there is undoubtedly a very close connection between...the INTELLECTUAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS of the mind ;" and proceeding on this principle, he compares the weight of the whole brain, as ascertained in upwards... | |
| 1840 - 610 Seiten
...conclusions which we regard as at variance with the most certain psychological facts, viz. He says that " there is undoubtedly a very close connection between...the INTELLECTUAL POWERS AND .FUNCTIONS of the mind;" and proceeding on this principle, he compares the weight of the whole brain, as ascertained in upwards... | |
| Robert Bentley Todd - 1845 - 310 Seiten
...that the brain really decreases in old age, only more remarkably in some persons than in others. " 5. There is undoubtedly a very close connection between the absolute size of the brain aud the intellectual powers and functions of the mind. This is evident from the remarkable smallness... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1849 - 590 Seiten
...our uncivilized British ancestors not more developed than the average sized negro's brain. He says, " there is undoubtedly a very close connection between...the intellectual powers and functions of the mind." After a long series of observations and measurements, he refutes the idea that the brain of a negro... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1849 - 394 Seiten
...developed than the average sized negro's brain. He says, " there is undoubtedly a very close connexion between the absolute size of the brain, and the intellectual powers and functions of the mind." After a long series of observations and measurements, he refutes the idea that the brain of a negro... | |
| George Combe - 1850 - 458 Seiten
...the phrenologists in his applications of the principle of size being a measure of power. He says, ' There is undoubtedly a very close connection between the absolute size of the brain and the ISTELIECTUAL powers and functions of the mind. This is evident from the remarkable smallness of the... | |
| George Moore - 1852 - 428 Seiten
...the practical importance of this subject, by considering "the close connexion that undoubtedly exists between the absolute size of the brain and the intellectual powers and functions of the mind." (Tiedemann.) The brain of the uneducated adult negro resembles that of a white educated child, and... | |
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